Combined Task Force 153

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The Combined Task Force 153 or CTF 153: Red Sea Maritime Security is a United States Navy-led initiative established on 17 April 2022 to "focus on international maritime security and capacity building efforts in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandeb and Gulf of Aden." [1] Egypt is a partner with the US in this effort. [2]

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The task force operates within Operation Prosperity Guardian. [3] Following increased attacks [4] on international shipping vessels by Houthi rebels in Yemen in beginning October 2023, the force has gained more news coverage. The Houthi movement is considered a proxy of Iran. [a] Analysts indicate that these attacks are part of escalating tension in the Middle East region since the beginning of the Gaza war.

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  1. ↑ "CTF 153: Red Sea Maritime Security". Combined Maritime Forces (CMF). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Combined Task Force 153 Operations". Centcom . Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Statement from Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Ensuring Freedom of Navigation in the Red Sea". U.S. Department of Defense . 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "U.S. considers striking Yemeni group". Semafor . 16 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.


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