{"id":7975,"date":"2026-09-27T05:39:48","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T05:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nexacentre.com\/daily-briefing-sunday-27-september-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:17:25","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:17:25","slug":"daily-briefing-sunday-27-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nexacentre.com\/so\/daily-briefing-sunday-27-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Briefing: Ethiopia’s Army Blames Eritrea for New Uprising as Washington Unleashes “Economic Outcast” Campaign on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nexa Insight \u00b7 Daily Briefing<\/div>\n

Daily Briefing: Ethiopia’s Army Blames Eritrea for New Uprising as Washington Unleashes “Economic Outcast” Campaign on Iran<\/h1>\n
Nexa Insight · Regional Analysis  |  Published Sunday, 27 September 2026  |  7 min read
All claims independently verified across at least two reputable sources unless explicitly noted as single-sourced.<\/div>\n
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President Donald Trump, who on 26 September 2026 rejected Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Washington’s “Operation Economic Outcast” sanctions campaign against Iran got underway. (Official White House portrait, 2025 \u2014 public domain.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I. Horn of Africa<\/h2>\n

Ethiopia’s military accused Eritrea on Saturday of bankrolling a new anti-government uprising, as fighting that began in Tigray spread further into Afar and Amhara and casualty claims mounted on both sides.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Ethiopia’s Chief of General Staff, Field Marshal Birhanu Jula, said the armed forces would respond to escalating attacks “with wisdom and restraint,” while accusing Eritrea of arming and funding the newly formed Ethiopian Peoples’ Forces Alliance for Survival \u2014 a coalition of seven armed groups seeking to remove Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Asmara has denied the accusation. (Sources: Al Jazeera; Yahoo News\/AP)<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Fighting has spread from Tigray into Afar, with clashes reported near Abala, and into Amhara’s North Wollo zone, where the Ethiopian army said it killed 272 Tigrayan fighters and wounded 260 more. The Tigray Army, aligned with the TPLF, described the offensive as a “full-scale” assault involving infantry, mechanised units and drones. Casualty figures are reported by the Ethiopian army alone and have not been independently confirmed.<\/em> (Source: Al Jazeera)<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Internet access was cut across northern Ethiopia on Friday, and a United Nations official voiced alarm over reports of drone strikes on civilians. Legal analysts say the 2022 Pretoria agreement that ended the earlier Tigray war is now effectively in collapse, citing federal fuel and service restrictions and a failure to seat the promised interim administration. (Source: Al Jazeera)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Elsewhere in the Horn: South Sudan’s Vice President Riek Machar remained on trial for treason this week, a proceeding that opened after President Salva Kiir dissolved the transitional government on 23 September ahead of the country’s first national elections; the United Nations has separately warned of a renewed risk of full-scale conflict. (Sources: Al Jazeera; Associated Press)<\/span><\/p>\n

    II. Middle East<\/h2>\n

    Saudi air defences intercepted another Houthi missile as Iran said Washington still had not formally responded to its Hormuz proposal, and Israeli officials pressed hardline positions on Gaza and Lebanon.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Saudi Arabia’s air defences intercepted another Houthi-launched ballistic missile aimed at the kingdom, the latest in a series of interceptions this month, as Saudi-led coalition forces were separately reported to have struck Houthi positions in western Yemen. (Sources: Associated Press, via US News, CBS17 and The Hill; Haaretz)<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran had still not received an official U.S. position on its proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days, a day after President Trump publicly rejected the plan as not “acceptable.” Reported by a single outlet at time of writing.<\/em> (Source: The Times of Israel)<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich renewed his call for Israel to annex southern Lebanon and most of the Gaza Strip, a position he has pressed repeatedly since March 2026, arguing Israel’s adversaries must “pay a price” for the 7 October attacks. (Sources: The Times of Israel; Al Jazeera, historical corroboration)<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers raided the village of al-Mughayyir, damaging vehicles and confronting residents while security forces reportedly did not intervene; no arrests were reported. Reported by a single outlet at time of writing.<\/em> (Source: The Times of Israel)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Elsewhere in the region: Turkish authorities said a former bodyguard of the late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh had obtained UK citizenship before his arrest over an alleged plot to attack Jewish targets in Europe. (Source: The Times of Israel)<\/span><\/p>\n

      III. The Great Powers<\/h2>\n

      Washington escalated its economic pressure campaign against Iran even as it rejected Tehran’s latest offer to de-escalate, signalling no near-term return to negotiations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled “Operation Economic Outcast,” a sweeping new sanctions campaign targeting Iranian banks and aviation providers, with the Treasury said to be pressing more than 50 countries to help isolate Tehran economically. (Sources: U.S. Department of the Treasury; CBS News; The Hill)<\/span><\/li>\n
      2. In apparent response to the pressure, Turkey and Oman halted flights to and from Iran’s Mahan Air, the UAE suspended all Iranian airline flights and blocked transactions with Iran’s Bank Melli, and Turkey revoked the operating licence of Bank Mellat. Reported by a single outlet at time of writing.<\/em> (Source: The Times of Israel)<\/span><\/li>\n
      3. President Trump formally rejected Iran’s seven-day roadmap to end the current conflict and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, calling the proposal unacceptable and signalling no near-term return to peace talks. (Sources: Al Jazeera; RFE\/RL)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Elsewhere among the powers: the widening sanctions campaign and Ethiopia’s deepening internal conflict underscore a common pattern this week \u2014 external and economic pressure escalating in tandem with, rather than in place of, direct confrontation on the ground.<\/p>\n

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        Abdinasir Hassan Timoweyne<\/strong> is Chairperson of the Nexa Research and Training Centre and a political analyst specialising in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East. He lectures in International Relations at New Generation University.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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