Jihadists are winning in the Red Sea. The Iran-backed Houthis are being allowed to inflict much too much damage to Westerner interests over the war on Gaza. The longer the Houthis are allowed to act with impunity, the more emboldened they and Iran will become.
“Germany sends frigate to help secure Red Sea shipping,’ Agence France-Presse, February 8, 2024:
A German navy frigate set sail for the Red Sea on Thursday with the aim of protecting commercial ships from attacks by Yemeni rebels, as part of a planned European Union mission.
The deployment marked “the most serious engagement of a unit of the German navy in many decades,” navy chief Jan Christian Kaack told reporters in Berlin.
Yemen’s Iran-backed Huthi rebels have launched a series of attacks on ships crossing the Red Sea since November, saying their campaign was in solidarity with Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas.
The Red Sea normally carries about 12 percent of global maritime trade….
OLD GUY says
We will see if this is just a political move or if Germany is actually willing to use force against the Iran backed Houthis.