Ethiopia's PM says airstrikes launched against targets in restive Tigray region

Fears of civil conflict escalate as Abiy Ahmed says operation will continue until junta made accountable by law'

Ethiopia's air force has carried out strikes in the restive Tigray region, the country's prime minister has said, in another escalation of a crisis that observers fear could plunge the country into a bitter and bloody civil conflict.

The prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, said the strikes in multiple locations completely destroyed rockets and other heavy weapons" belonging to the well-armed regional government and made it impossible for a retaliatory attack.