A German warship completed its mission to protect commercial ships from Houthi militants in Yemen and left the Red Sea.

The German army said that the frigate, which had a crew of two hundred and forty people on board, completed its mission today and left the area of ​​operations.

Noting that the ship's crew repeatedly shot down drones launched by the Houthis, in the first mission of its kind for the German Navy.

The ship was deployed in February after a series of attacks on commercial ships, and was part of the European Union's defensive maritime mission ASPEDS.

Major shipping companies began to avoid the Red Sea, as a result of the attacks, which affected the global economy.

Meanwhile, leading associations in the global shipping industry said that commercial ships and seafarers were exposed to increasing risks as the attacks continued.

In a letter, it called on the United Nations to make more efforts to protect supply chains.

The letter added that, given the ongoing and serious threat development in the Middle East, it calls for strengthening the coordinated military presence, missions and patrols in the region, to protect sailors from any further potential aggression.

Earlier, the Group of Seven countries condemned the Houthi attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, calling on Iran and its affiliated groups to stop their attacks.

At the conclusion of its foreign ministers' summit in Italy, it called on the Houthis to immediately release the Galaxy Leader ship and its crew detained since last November, noting that the Houthi attacks created a navigational hazard and a serious environmental threat.

It also called for continuing international efforts to prevent further escalation, stressing that it would hold Iran accountable for what it described as its malicious, destabilizing actions in the Middle East.