US Navy adds new task force to patrol Red Sea

Task Force 153 will patrol the Red Sea and waters around Yemen, as Iran shows no sign of relinquishing support for the Houthis.
Navy Persian Gulf
This handout image released by the US Naval Forces Central Command on Jan. 31, 2022 shows Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa (C), Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Prime Minister of Bahrain, and Vice Admiral Brad Cooper (L), commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, US 5th Fleet and Combined Maritime Forces, arriving at the pier at Naval Support Activity Bahrain. - MARK THOMAS MAHMOD/AFP via Getty Images
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The US will establish a new multinational task force to patrol the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, the commander of US Navy forces in the Middle East said today.

Task Force 153 of the US-led Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) will patrol the waterway between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait to the waters off the Yemen-Oman border, Fifth Fleet commander Vice Adm. Brad Cooper told reporters in a call from his headquarters in Bahrain.

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