EU wants to launch dangerous military operation in the Middle East. The Bundeswehr sees it as the most serious deployment of the German Navy "in many decades": Together with others, Germany should from now on protect trade routes in the Red Sea.
If Parliament agrees, Germany will send the 143-meter-long frigate “Hessen’ into armed use – provided that the Bundestag gives the necessary approval this Friday as planned. The primary aim of the operation is to protect merchant ships from attacks by the militant Islamist Houthis from Yemen.