![BAB-EL-MANDEB, YEMEN MARCH 28 (SOUTH AFRICA OUT): A Natural satellite view of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on March 28, 2015 in Bab el-Mandeb, Yemen. The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is located between Yemen and Djibouti, north of Somalia in the Horn of Africa, connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. The strait is of strategic importance of the Suez Canal shipping route and considered as one of the world's oil transit chokepoints. Bab el-Mandeb is heavily protected due to its vulnerability to maritime piracy. (Photo by USGS/NASA Landsat/Orbital Horizon/Gallo Images/Getty Images)](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/HTTLYVKNS6S3ZVV2G6Z6PP7USE.jpg?smart=true&auth=4d225295cbdde35f7b73bb97acb6f0ff646c0179fc7df231fa7b5a95ecfd4323&width=400&height=225)
A satellite view of the Bab Al Mandeb strait between Yemen and Djibouti. Getty
A satellite view of the Bab Al Mandeb strait between Yemen and Djibouti. Getty
Policed maritime corridor will protect merchant ships passing through Gulf from pirates
The Combined Maritime Forces will focus it's naval force on protecting the region in the Gulf of Aden and Bab el Mandeb