The Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Aden

... damages ran into millions of dollars, the UN Security Council passed a resolution allowing member states to use their navies and air forces to fight pirates. In early 2009, the so-called Combined Task Force 151 was formed that started patrolling the Indian Ocean in the Gulf of Aden and along Somalia’s east coast. It was thanks to the Combined Task Force and the efforts of the Sheiks of the Al Nahyan family in the United Arab Emirates that the raids of the Somalian pirates were, if not entirely stopped, then seriously ...