The announcement expected at the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday, Feb. 19. The Aspides mission will last one year, will be exclusively defensive and there will be no attacks on Yemeni soil. EU seeking logistical support in Djibouti.
While turning up the heat on the Yemeni group, the Biden administration also aims to safeguard the interests of ordinary Yemenis and the future of a fragile ceasefire.
Iranian-backed Houthis intensify assaults, disrupting vital sea trade routes and impacting global supply chains. A fallout from the Israel-Hamas conflict, experts foresee worldwide trade and commodity price spikes, with jet fuel for Europe seeing the most immediate and substantial increase