source: Local Source
actor1: TPLF: Tigray People's Liberation Front
actor2: Military Forces of Ethiopia (2018-)
location: Mekele
notes: Arrests: On 1st August, between 30 and 40 Ethiopian commandos were detained in Mekele (Tigray region). The circumstances surrouonding their mission - as well as the reason for their detention - are unclear, though preliminary information indicates the commandos were on a mission to arrest unspecified politicians on the orders of the executive, but were detained by the head of the TPLF party.