The United States announces a special operation to protect navigation in the Red Sea

The United The United States announced the launch of a special operation called "Prosperity Guardian" to protect shipping in the Red Sea, amid attacks by Yemeni by Yemeni Houthis. This was stated by the head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin, according to the press service of the department, UNN reports .

The Red Sea is a critical waterway that has been essential to freedom of navigation and a major commercial corridor that facilitates international trade. Countries that seek to uphold the fundamental principle of freedom of navigation must come together to deal with the challenge posed by this non-state actor (Houthis - ed.),

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It is reported that the operation "Prosperity Guardian" unites several countries, including the United United Kingdom, Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, and Spain, Seychelles and Spain, to jointly address security challenges in the southern Red Sea. security issues in the southern Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

This is an international challenge that requires collective action. That is why today I am announcing the launch of Operation Prosperity Guardian, an important new multinational security initiative led by the Combined Maritime Forces and their Task Force 153 leadership, which focuses on security in the Red Sea,

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The Houthis began attacking ships in the Red Sea last month. Initially. they claimed that they would target ships with ties to Israel. In early December, they attacked the US destroyer USS Carney.

Now they claim to be attacking ships that are heading to Israel, although according to monitoring resources, at least some of the at least some of the ships attacked had other destinations indicated. The Houthis promise to continue the attacks until Israel stops its offensive in the Gaza Strip.

The US Special Envoy for Yemen, Tim Landerking said the day before that Washington wants to create the "broadest possible" maritime coalition to protect ships and send a signal to the Houthis that they will not will not tolerate attacks.

Traffic through the Red Sea accounts for 10 to 12 percent of global maritime traffic, which is five percent of global oil transportation.

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