Consider the following pairs : Area of conflict mentioned in news Country where it is located 1. Donbas : Syria 2. Kachin : Ethiopia 3. Tigray : North Yemen How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Explanation
Pair 1 is Incorrect: Donbas is a historical and industrial region in eastern Ukraine, comprising the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. It has been a primary theater of conflict between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists/Russian forces.
Pair 2 is Incorrect: Kachin State is the northernmost state of Myanmar. It has been the site of long-standing conflict between the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) seeking ethnic autonomy.
Pair 3 is Incorrect: Tigray is the northernmost region of Ethiopia. Since 2020, it has been the center of a major civil conflict involving the Ethiopian federal government, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and neighboring Eritrea.