The US Army’s efforts to escort ships in the Red Sea

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the American channel CNN quoted military officials and reported that in the midst of recent missile attacks by the Houthi militia (Yemen’s Ansarullah) on ships in the Red Sea, the United States is busy Investigating the strengthening of the protection of commercial vessels around the vital shipping route in the Red Sea.

According to this report, “the United States is considering ways to increase security in this area with members of the combined naval forces, The multinational maritime group tasked with the protection of commercial shipping in the Red Sea has investigated. Escorts are focused on ships operating in the Red Sea and ships passing through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait to the Gulf of Aden — the narrow channel that separates Yemen from the Horn of Africa.

The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army said on Monday in the audience at the Atlantic Council in Washington that the seven members of this task force, which consists of 39 countries with a rotating command, proposed have helped The American officials cited by CNN refused to name the leading countries.

According to the analysis of the American network, “these talks show the growing concern in the region about the intervention of the Houthis in the canal.” It is vital that millions of barrels of oil pass through it every day”.

Earlier (Tuesday), the US State Department also announced that Washington’s representative for Yemen, Tim Landerking, during the week Jari is currently traveling to the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf to consult on security in the Red Sea.

The Al-Mayadeen network report reported that Washington indicated Landerking with a group of major partners. The United States will hold a meeting on maritime affairs and “creating a safe corridor for international shipping.” American National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan also said on Monday that Washington is discussing with a number of countries about creating a group in the Red Sea.

On the other hand, Israeli sources It was reported that Tel Aviv has officially asked several countries, including England and Japan, to form a naval group to ensure “freedom of navigation in the Bab al-Mandab Strait”.

The Yemeni Navy recently attacked two Israeli ships in the Red Sea, according to the Yemeni army, one of them was targeted by a naval missile and the other by a naval drone.

Sana’a emphasized that it is trying to ensure the safety of navigation in the Strait of Bab al-Mandab and the Red Sea, and only Israeli ships will be the target of the Yemeni forces. The Yemeni armed man said that the Yemeni army will attack all Israeli ships in the Red Sea as long as the Zionist regime’s attacks on the Palestinian people continue. Major General Mohammad Al-Atafi, the Minister of Defense of the National Salvation Government of Yemen (based in Sana’a), asserted on Wednesday that the Yemeni armed forces will seize or attack any ship belonging to the Zionist regime in the Red Sea.

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