Geopolitics
European Union approves naval mission in the Red Sea
The European Union approved this Monday Operation “Aspides”, the naval mission in the Red Sea to escort and protect merchant ships from Houthi attacks.
A student carries a simulated missile during a demonstration of solidarity with the Palestinian people, at Sana’a University, Yemen. (Free Press Photo: EFE)
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The Foreign Ministers of the European Union decided this Monday (02/19/2024) to start a new military operation to protect merchant ships in the Red Sea and neighboring maritime areas. This was reported by several EU diplomats to the German agency DPA, according to German media such as Deutschland Funk and ntv.
Later, this information was confirmed by the European Commission: “I welcome today’s decision to launch Operation Aspides. Europe will guarantee freedom of navigation in the Red Sea, working together with our international partners,” said the President of the European Commission. , Ursula von der Leyen, in a message on the social network X.
Germany had already announced that it would participate in Operation “Aspides” with the deployment of a frigate.
The background is the attacks by the Houthi militias once morest civilian ships, since November 2022, in support of the radical Islamist organization Hamas, considered terrorist by the EU, the US and other countries, in the war in the Middle East, which is developed since the terrorist attacks by Hamas, on October 7, once morest Israel.
The British and American militaries have already carried out airstrikes once morest Houthi positions on several occasions.
British-owned ship in danger of sinking
Today the British authorities announced that the cargo ship “Rubymar” might be in danger of sinking off the Yemeni coast following a missile attack by the Houthi militia.
The crew of the British-owned, Belize-flagged ship had been ordered to disembark, the British Navy’s maritime trade watchdog said. The ship was hit in the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb, between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and dropped anchor there.
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