US Navy sailors go missing off Somalia coast, search underway
US Navy
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM)on Friday (January 12) said that two US Navy sailors had gone missing off the coast of Somalia since Thursday. Withoutreleasing thenames of the sailors who went missing, CENTCOM said that the navy personnel were deployed in area of operation of US Navy's 5th Fleet.
"Search and rescue operations are currently ongoing to locate the two sailors,” it said in a statement. “For operational security purposes, we will not release additional information until the personnel recovery operation is complete.”
US Navy's 5th Fleet has an operational area of around 2.5 million square miles of waters. These include the Arabian Gulf, the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea.
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The waters around Somalia, the so-called 'Horn of Africa' are infamous for pirate raids on commercial ships traversing the waterways. The armed pirates are known to use fast-moving boats to chase and board the much slower cargo shipsand hijack them.
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Navies from multiple countries including India, which has a strong naval presence in the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean have deployed naval resources including warships in these waters to provide security to international shipping.
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Additionally, shipping lanes in the Red Sea, one of the operational areas of US Navy's 5th fleet, are in news because ofattacks by Houthi rebels on commercial ships. Red Sea is a vital waterway which leads to Suez Canal, a crossing connecting Asia to European.
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The Houthi rebels have been attacking commercial ships passing through the Red Sea for weeks now. The Yemen-based rebels enjoy support from Iran and have been claiming that their attack on shipping was their way of showing support to the Palestinian cause in the context of ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
The United States and the United Kingdom have carried out strikes against Houthi rebels, who in turn, have vowed to retaliate.
(With inputs from agencies)