Siege of Barentu

An yi wa Barentu kawanya ne a shekarar 1977 a cikin garin Barentu da kewaye . Kungiyar 'yan tawayen Eritrea ELF da kuma EPLF ne suka yi wa sojojin Habasha kawanya a tare. 

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Garin na Barentu ya samu nasarar kare shi daga wani katafaren sansanin sojojin Habasha. Sojojin sun gina garu masu yawa don inganta tsaron garin. Bugu da ƙari kuma, an tayar da ƙungiyar Kunama na yankin don tallafawa sojojin Habasha.

An sake tsara sojojin Habasha a matsayin Task Force 507, yayin da sojojin saman Habasha suka jibge F-5E a Mekelle kuma suka fara amfani da karfinsu na sama don amfanin su. Wannan tallafin na kurkusa ya yi sanadin jikkatar sojojin ELF da EPLF waɗanda ke gudanar da babban aikin haɗin gwiwa na farko. Rashin nasarar wannan aiki na haɗin gwiwa zai haifar da gagarumin sakamako daga baya a yakin neman'yancin kai. 

A ranar 13 ga watan Yunin 1978, EPLF da ELF suka yi yunƙurin kai hari garin Barentu a wani farmakin haɗin gwiwa, duk da haka wannan garin yana kan tudu, kuma nan da nan sai suka fuskanci wuta mai tsanani. EPLF ta yi asarar sojoji 150 da tanka 1. A cewar rahotanni, faɗa tsakanin ELF da EPLF shi ma ya faru, kuma ya yi sanadin jikkatar mutane kusan 400. EPLF da ELF za su yi watsi da kewaye kafin su koma Agordat a watan Agusta 1978.  

Rashin nasarar kewaye da kuma irin hasarar da sojojin ELF da na EPLF suka yi a wannan yakin, da kuma rashin nasara a yakin Massawa na farko, ya kai ga janye sojojin 'yan tawaye.

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