Canada Joins Multinational Effort to Counter Attacks on Commercial Ships in Red Sea

Published on December 19, 2023

Canada will participate in a U.S.-led multinational effort to help protect commercial ships travelling through the Red Sea, as Houthi rebels in Yemen carry out attacks in response to Israel’s military operation in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Canada’s participation will be limited to the deployment of three staff officers, according to Defence Minister Bill Blair. Two military planners and one intelligence analyst will take part in the mission. “The operation has been stood up to protect the free flow of commerce and safety of navigation into the Red Sea and Western Gulf of Aden, through which one-sixth of the global economic trade passes,” said a Dec. 19 release from the Department of National Defence....

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