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Spotlight | European Union, Yemen
Behind the scenes of EU negotiations to secure Bab el-Mandeb Strait

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A French FREMM-class frigate, the Languedoc (D653), in the Mediterranean Sea on 27 March 2023.
A French FREMM-class frigate, the Languedoc (D653), in the Mediterranean Sea on 27 March 2023. © Jack Guez/AFP
A French FREMM-class frigate, the Languedoc (D653), in the Mediterranean Sea on 27 March 2023.
A French FREMM-class frigate, the Languedoc (D653), in the Mediterranean Sea on 27 March 2023. © Jack Guez/AFP

Since Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis tightened their grip on the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait by seizing further Red Sea islands, the European Union and its member states have been scrambling to agree on a suitable response.

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