Operation Alula

Operation Alula Aba Nega
	Part of Tigray War
Date	11 June 2021 – 6 July 2021
Location	Tigray Region, Ethiopia
Status	Tigrayan victory
Belligerents
Tigray	Ethiopia; Eritrea
Commanders and leaders
Tsadkan Gebretensae; Tadesse Werede Tesfay; Getachew Reda	Abiy Ahmed; Birhanu Jula; Abebaw Tadesse; Filipos Woldeyohannes
Units involved
Tigray Defense Forces	Ethiopian divisions: Ethiopian infantry divisions 11th infantry division; 20th infantry division; 21st infantry division; 24th infantry division; 25th infantry division; 31st infantry division; 32nd infantry division; ; Eritrean divisions: Eritrean infantry divisions 21st infantry division; 32nd infantry division; ;
Strength
80,000	50,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	18,000+ killed (TDF claim); 6,600 captured (TDF claim); 1 Lockheed C-130 Hercules
	At least 64 civilians killed

Operation Alula Aba Nega (Tigrinya: ወፍሪ አሉላ አባ ነጋ), commonly shortened to Operation Alula (Tigrinya: ወፍሪ አሉላ), was a counter-offensive during the Tigray War by the Tigray Defense Forces against the Ethiopian military and its allies in Tigray. The operation was named after Ethiopian general Ras Alula Aba Nega, who was of Tigrayan descent.^[7]^[8]^[9] The offensive was launched on 11 June 2021 and recaptured vast swaths of territory across central and eastern Tigray, including the regional capital of Mekelle.^[9]^[10]

^ ^a ^b "Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 171 - 21 June 2021" (PDF). Europe External Programme with Africa.
^ Plaut, Martin (16 February 2023). Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War. Hurst Publishers. ISBN 9781805260639.
^ Plaut, Martin (16 February 2023). Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War. Hurst Publishers. ISBN 9781805260639.
^ ^a ^b Walsh, Declan (3 July 2021). "'I Didn't Expect to Make It Back Alive': An Interview With Tigray's Leader". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ Cite error: The named reference :Cargo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Calls for inquiry as dozens killed, injured, in Ethiopia market airstrike". France 24. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
^ Libération, 29 June 2021: «Alula», l’opération militaire qui a soudain fait basculer la guerre au Tigré
^ "Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 176 - 29 June 2021" (PDF). Europe External Programme with Africa.
^ ^a ^b Tronvoll, Kjetil (25 June 2021). "Eritrea's final war?". Ethiopia Insight. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ Walsh, Declan; Marks, Simon (28 June 2021). "Ethiopian Forces Retreat in Tigray, and Rebels Enter the Capital". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[:3-1] "Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 171 - 21 June 2021" (PDF). Europe External Programme with Africa.

[2] Plaut, Martin (16 February 2023). Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War. Hurst Publishers. ISBN 9781805260639.

[3] Plaut, Martin (16 February 2023). Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War. Hurst Publishers. ISBN 9781805260639.

[:2-4] Walsh, Declan (3 July 2021). "'I Didn't Expect to Make It Back Alive': An Interview With Tigray's Leader". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[:Cargo-5] Cite error: The named reference :Cargo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[6] "Calls for inquiry as dozens killed, injured, in Ethiopia market airstrike". France 24. 23 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2021.

[7] Libération, 29 June 2021: «Alula», l’opération militaire qui a soudain fait basculer la guerre au Tigré

[8] "Situation Report EEPA HORN No. 176 - 29 June 2021" (PDF). Europe External Programme with Africa.

[ETInsight_ER_final_war-9] Tronvoll, Kjetil (25 June 2021). "Eritrea's final war?". Ethiopia Insight. Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[:1-10] Walsh, Declan; Marks, Simon (28 June 2021). "Ethiopian Forces Retreat in Tigray, and Rebels Enter the Capital". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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