The United States of America has announced the creation of a new multinational task force to counter Houthi threat in Red Sea.
Key points
- The 10 nation Task Force, named as Operation Prosperity Guardian will include the Navies of Bahrain, Canada, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Seychelles Spain and United Kingdom.
- The new security initiative will address the security challenges in the southern Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait near Yemen and the Gulf of Aden, with the goal of ensuring freedom of navigation for all countries and bolstering regional security and prosperity.
- The Iran-backed Houthis rebel group has been continuously attacking multiple merchant vessels and forced companies to suspend routes through the region for the past weeks.
