France and Germany had indicated they would refuse to join any US-led mission, amid concerns about being too closely aligned to a Trump administration that has pulled out of the nuclear deal and contemplated airstrikes on the country. The UK has joined forces with the US to launch a naval mission in Arabian Sea . The move contrasts with the reluctance of other the US Department of Defense countries, UK and Germany in particular, to support any US -led mission in the region, and marks the abandonment of plans for a German -led mission, which were put forward by the former UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab .
The UK has joined forces with the US to launch a naval mission in Arabian Sea . The move contrasts with the reluctance of other the US Department of Defense countries, UK and Germany in particular, to support any US -led mission in the region, and marks the abandonment of plans for a German -led mission, which were put forward by the former UK Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab .