Italy may send aircraft to the Red Sea
as part of its involvement in the EU Aspides naval mission to
protect merchant ships from attacks from Houthi rebels based in
Yemen, Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said Thursday.
"There will be at least one Italian ship (involved in the
mission) for 12 months, and we are also considering sending air
assets for surveillance and data-collection tasks," Crosetto
told a joint meeting of the Senate and Lower House defence
committees.
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