Red Sea Coalition: Over Twenty Countries Joining Forces Against Houthi Rebels

2023-12-21 21:13:57

More than twenty countries now members of the Red Sea coalition once morest the Houthis

“We now have more than twenty nations committed to participating” to the coalition led by the United States and aimed at defending maritime traffic in the Red Sea from attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder told reporters on Thursday.

A recent wave of attacks on ships in the Red Sea by these rebels with drones and missiles threatens to disrupt global trade flows, with major shipping firms cutting off passage through the Bab El-Mandeb Strait. Faced with this, Washington set up a new multinational maritime protection force at the beginning of the week.

Yemeni rebels “attack the prosperity and economic well-being of nations around the world”said Pat Ryder, calling them “bandits on the international highway that is the Red Sea”. This military coalition “must act as a road policeman, patrolling the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden to respond to [appels de] commercial ships passing through this vital international route, and assist them if necessary”he declared once more, once once more asking the Houthis to stop their attacks.

A senior official of the Iran-backed group said this week that these attacks would only stop “if Israel stops its crimes and food, medicine and fuel reach the besieged population” of the Gaza Strip, as part of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas.

Greece announced this Thursday that it was part of the coalition, alongside the first partner countries: France, the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and the Seychelles.

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