WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member issued the following news release:

Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ranking Member of the Africa and Global Health Policy Sub-Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) released a statement after multiple reports of renewed conflict in Ethiopia's Tigray region and neighboring Afar and Amhara. Last week, the Trump Administration let sanctions on human rights violators in Tigray expire under Executive Order 14046 (https://ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actions/20260918).

"We are alarmed by the deteriorating security situation in Eth...