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Indian Navy Ships Respond to Piracy Attack In Gulf of Aden.

South Africa: Are Merchant Shippers Hiring Pirates To Kill Pirates?' - The Regulation Of Private Maritime Security Companies Operating In The Gulf Of Aden.

Crew repulses pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Navy assists.

Crew repulses pirates in the Gulf of Aden, Indian Navy assists.

Pirates Approach Tanker in the Gulf of Aden.

U.S. Navy Intercepts Five Tons of Hashish in Gulf of Aden.

Pirate attack off Aden repelled by armed guards.

One of Earth's Most Dangerous Waters: Gulf of Aden - Somali Piracy and Trade's Response.

Pirate Attack against Bulk Carrier Foiled in Gulf of Aden.

Somalia: Iran Naval Forces Repel Pirate Attack On Merchant Vessel in Gulf of Aden.

Suspected pirate vessels in Gulf of Aden dispersed by Chinese navy.

Iranian Navy to send 62nd Fleet in the Gulf of Aden to int'l waters.

Yemen's state weakness due to fragmentation and ongoing conflicts allowed Al Qaeda and affiliates to take and hold territory, possibly enabling them to seize the Port of Aden. If Al Qaeda establishes safe havens in the southern Abyan province, supported by local Yemeni inhabitants, attacks at sea or in near by ports similar to the "USS COLE bombing" in 2000 could become a threat, increasing the danger to Red Sea shipping. Yet Al Qaeda is of secondary concern for the Yemeni government, with secessionist insurgencies in the north and the south threatening the state's unity. Only a stable Yemen can effectively deny Al Qaeda a stable base in the long run.

4 Pirate Attacks on Cargo Ships Thwarted by Iranian Warships in Gulf of Aden.

Bandits beware: Russian anti-submarine warship to ward off pirates in Gulf of Aden.

Navy commandos aboard INS Trishul foil piracy attempt on Indian vessel in Gulf of Aden.

Signatory States to the revised Code of Conduct concerning the repression of piracy, armed robbery against ships and illicit maritime activity in the western Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden Area, known as the Jeddah Amendment to the Djibouti Code of Conduct 2017, have agreed a raft of measures to combat new and emerging threats to maritime security.

One of the primary tasks of the EU Naval Force Somalia Operation Atalanta is the protection of World Food Programme (WFP) ships and other vulnerable shipping in the Gulf of Aden and Western Indian Ocean.

Chaos at sea: Pirates are said to have hijacked the tanker "Aegean II" in the Gulf of Aden, the shipping service "G-Captain" reported at the end of August. Two days later it was reported that men in police uniforms had boarded the "Aegean II". They took the weapons from the private security forces on board the ship and demanded money from the 20-member ship crew. As a Spanish military ship approached, they disappeared as quickly as they had come. It is still unclear whether the perpetrators were pirates - or even Somali policemen...