Tigray Defence Forces
- Type
- Regional force
- Also referred to as
- TDF, Tigray forces, TPLF forces
Designations used by other parties appear here, never as the actor's name.
Events involving this actor, by year
1,108 events
Woredas controlled today
- Adi Daero Tigray
- Adigrat town Tigray
- Adwa Tigray
- Adwa town Tigray
- Aheferom Tigray
- Ahsea Tigray
- Asgede Tigray
- Axum town Tigray
- Bizet Tigray
- Chila Tigray
- Edaga Hamus town Tigray
- Egela Tigray
- Enticho town Tigray
- Erob Tigray
- Ganta Afeshum Tigray
- Gulo Mekeda Tigray
- Hahayle Tigray
- Laelay Koraro Tigray
- Laelay Maychew Tigray
- Maekel Adiyabo Tigray
- Rama Adi Arbaete Tigray
- Sebuha Saesie Tigray
- Seyemti Adyabo Tigray
- Sheraro town Tigray
- Tahtay Adiyabo Tigray
- Tahtay Koraro Tigray
- Tahtay Maychew Tigray
- Zala Anbesa town Tigray
Current relations
- Benishangul People's Liberation Movement · Allied Since 20 Sep 2026 A
- Oromo Liberation Army · Allied Since 20 Sep 2026 A
- Afar armed opposition groups · Allied Since 20 Sep 2026 A
- Ogaden National Liberation Front · Allied Since 20 Sep 2026 A
- Amhara Fano National Movement · Allied Since 20 Sep 2026 A
- Ethiopian National Defense Force · Hostile Since 22 Sep 2026 A
Most recent events
Statement · Unknown place
Video shows a YIHA-III loitering munition that the monitor identified as captured by ENDF troops from TDF/TPLF forces at an unstated location in Ethiopia.
Statement · Unknown place
TPLF leader Debretsion Gebremichael said his forces would choose when and where to confront the government.
Statement · Hawelti Sub City, Mekelle, Tigray
The monitor geolocated the warehouse where the ENDF displayed seized munitions and drones to a former ENDF bunker at 13.482214, 39.518136 adjoining Mekelle Airport, captured by the TDF in 2021, and assessed the haul as a mix of captured ENDF stocks and more recent TDF acquisitions.
Statement · Hawelti Sub City, Mekelle, Tigray
Footage published on 7 October shows munitions presented as seized by the ENDF from a TDF/TPLF warehouse in Mekelle, which the monitor identified as dozens of Chinese GB-25 laser-guided drone munitions, US Mk 82 and Russian FAB general-purpose bombs, R-60M and R-73 air-to-air missiles, and dismantled drones resembling Iranian Mohajer-6s.
Statement · Unknown place
The US Embassy in Addis Ababa warned of possible long-range attacks in Ethiopia, citing reports of recent strikes on military installations, and advised against travel to Amhara, Tigray and Afar.
Control change · Shire Endaslasie town, North Western, Tigray
An aid worker said TPLF fighters and the local administration left Shire on Wednesday, before pro-government forces had entered the town.
Control change · Shire Endaslasie town, North Western, Tigray
Residents said TPLF forces withdrew from Shire while government forces and allies had not yet entered the town.
Control change · Wukro town, Eastern, Tigray
Sources in Wukro said national army soldiers and allied fighters entered the town after an exchange of heavy weapons about 15km to the south.
Control change · Shire Endaslasie town, North Western, Tigray
An aid worker said TPLF fighters and the local administration abandoned Shire on Wednesday, with four people killed in exchanges of fire linked to looting, before pro-government forces entered on Friday.
Control change · Shire Endaslasie town, North Western, Tigray
Residents told AP that TPLF forces withdrew from Shire on Wednesday and government and allied forces had not yet entered.