US announces 10-nation force to counter Houthi attacks in Red Sea

The US Defense Secretary has arrived in Doha after visiting Bahrain and Israel on Monday.
Lloyd Austin announced the formation of a multinational naval task force to patrol the Red Sea.
It’s in response to attacks by Houthi fighters from Yemen on commercial vessels passing through the crucial shipping route.

Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker reports.

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