Highlights: Three fishing vessels have had to be rescued in recent days after pirate attacks. Attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels have increased since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. International forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean have returned to the Red Sea, raising fears of an increase in acts of piracy, although their numbers had greatly decreased since 2011 and the establishment of international surveillance. The last rescue operation was launched on January 29, 2024 by an Indian navy vessel to free a fishing boat with 19 Pakistani sailors on board, and arrest around ten pirates.

The Indian Navy declared on January 29, 2024 that it had rescued an Iranian fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates, the latest attack of this type to occur in the Indian Ocean, at the time…

Piracy: multiplication of incidents off the coast of Somalia, in the midst of a crisis in the Gulf of Aden

The Indian Navy declared on January 29, 2024 that it had rescued an Iranian fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates, the latest attack of this type to occur in the Indian Ocean, at a time when the Houthi rebels in Yemen, supported by Iran , carry out their own attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.

This photograph provided by the Indian Navy shows armed naval commandos standing behind 10 captured Somali pirates, their hands tied behind them, after foiling a piracy attempt on the Iranian-flagged fishing vessel Al Naeemi off the eastern coast of Somalia, Monday January 29, 2024. © Indian Navy via AP

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Is there a risk of a resurgence of

piracy

off the coast of

Somalia

? While attacks by Yemeni Houthi rebels have increased since the outbreak of the war in Gaza in an attempt to hamper trade with Israel, several ships have been targeted in the Gulf of Aden. Three fishing vessels have had to be rescued in recent days after pirate attacks.

Also read Who are the Houthis, this Yemeni militia targeted by American and British strikes?

The last rescue operation was launched on January 29, 2024 by an Indian navy vessel in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia, to free a fishing boat with 19 Pakistani sailors on board, and arrest around ten pirates.

On January 27, Indian soldiers boarded another hijacked fishing boat in the same area to come to the aid of an Iranian crew taken hostage.

On the same day, the Seychelles Navy Special Forces and Coast Guard also responded to an emergency signal, further south, this time off the coast of Mogadishu, where pirates had taken control of a Sri Lankan vessel. Lankan.

These events are not isolated in recent months, due to attacks carried out by Houthi rebels on ships linked to Israel. International forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean have returned to the Red Sea, lowering the level of surveillance in areas further south, raising fears of an increase in acts of piracy, although their numbers had greatly increased. decreased since 2011 and the establishment of international surveillance.

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Piracy: multiplication of incidents off the coast of Somalia, in the midst of a crisis in the Gulf of Aden

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