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German warship departs Red Sea as EU 'naval mission' fails to confront Yemen

Germany has withdrawn a warship that was deployed to the Red Sea as part of an
EU military mission amid the failure of the alliance to confront Yemen's
maritime campaign in support of the Gaza Strip.  The German military said that
the Hessen frigate with a crew of 240 on board had left the Red Sea on Saturday
morning.  The frigate had been deployed in the strategic water way in February
as part of the EU naval operation called Aspides shield in ancient Greek in the
face of pro-Palestine operations by the Yemeni armed forces.  Germany is
expected to send the Hamburg frigate to the Red Sea in August but military
analysts say the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza may not continue until then.

Step In Right Direction

Yemen Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein al Ezzi hailed the departure of the
German frigate from the Red Sea as a step in the right direction He also
expressed Yemen's readiness to maintain the safety of navigation in the Red Sea
the narrow but pivotal body of water that connects Europe to Asia.  On Thursday
AbdulMalik alHouthi leader of Yemen's Ansarullah resistance movement called on
European countries to withdraw their warships from the Red Sea.  He also
emphasized that the European vessels which are not going to the occupied
territories are not at risk.  Israel waged its bloody war on the Gaza Strip on
October 7 following a historic operation by the Palestinian Hamas resistance
group against the usurping regime.  In solidarity with the Palestinians in the
besieged Gaza Yemeni forces have targeted ships going to and from ports in the
occupied lands or whose owners are linked to Israel in the southern Red Sea the
Bab elMandeb Strait the Gulf of Aden and even in the Arabian Sea.

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