The USS aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower sails in the Red Sea on June 12. Attacks by Iran-backed Houthi militants on the Red Sea have reinvigorated piracy networks in Somalia, with criminal groups growing in both number and force, a European naval commander said. The Yemen-based Houthis began attacking vessels in the Red Sea last year to pressure Israel and its allies over the war in the Gaza Strip. The increasing number of attacks are being carried out by groups that are “well armed, organized and bigger in numbers” than ever before, he said. Attacks escalated in the early 2000s, when conflict erupted after Ethiopian forces invaded the country to depose of an Islamist administration.

Source: Ethiopian News July 03, 2024 15:49 UTC