Finland to send 7 soldiers to participate in Red Sea crisis management

Finland will send seven soldiers to participate in crisis management operations in the Red Sea, the Finnish prime minister’s office says.

The statement comes a day after two crew members were killed in a missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a ship in the Gulf of Aden.

The Iran-backed group began attacking ships in the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea last November, a campaign they say is intended to signal solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, after Israel launched a war against Hamas following the terror group’s murderous October 7 assault.

The Houthi attacks have disrupted global shipping, forcing firms to re-route to longer and more expensive journeys around southern Africa. The cost of insuring a seven-day voyage through the Red Sea has risen by hundreds of thousands of dollars.