Ship "HM AlRiyadh" provide protection to a Turkish Commercial Ship near the Gulf of Aden

Riyadh, February 16, SPA -- His Majesty the King Ship "AlRiyadh"
located in the Gulf of Aden as a participant in the international
force to combat piracy, provided protection today for a commercial
Turkish ship after receiving a distress call from the ship early this
morning after three small boats tried to hijack it in the
international waters near the Gulf of Aden.

The pirates ran away from the area upon the arrival of the ship of
His Majesty the King (AlRiyadh), where the Turkish commercial ship
was escorted up to the end of the danger zone.


--SPA