Germany said Saturday it will send a new frigate to the Red Sea in August to help secure maritime traffic, disrupted for months due to attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels. The ‘Hamburg’ will replace the ‘Hessen’, which left the zone on Saturday, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said. The ‘Hessen’ had been deployed in the area on February 23 as part of the European Union’s “Aspides” mission to protect ships in the area.
