Context

Indian Navy warship INS Kolkata rescued 21 crew members, from the Barbados-flagged cargo vessel which was reportedly hit by a missile in the Gulf of Aden.

About

• The fresh incident comes amidst growing global concerns regarding attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea, particularly by Houthi militants.
• The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Oceanbetween Africa and Asia.
• The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb sound and the Gulf of Aden. In the north are the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal