as a result of the nadew offensive and the attacks launched by the eritrean people’s liberation front at hal-hal front, the dergue pulled out of tessenei, barentu & akurdet and decided to establish a garrison narrowly in the northern part of keren, thus entering into a state of defensive mode
ፍገሪት ናደው እዝ ወሐቆ ናደው ለዐለ ተጠውር ጅ. ሺ. እት ጀብህት ሐልሐል ለጠለቀቱ ህም፣ ደርግ ተሰነይ ዐሊ-ግድር ባረንቱ ወአቅርደት እንዴ ጠለቀ እት ቅብለት-ከረን እንዴዱ ሸፈ እግል ልካፊሕ ዱዴሹ ሐየበ