Indian navy rescues 20 crew from Iranian fishing boat hijacked off Somalia

he operation involved a warship, a maritime surveillance aircraft and marine commandos. The hijacking followed a resurgence of Somali piracy across the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5374x3583+0+0/resize/5374x3583!/quality/85/format/webp/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe2%2Fba%2F5cd335e14641858a2bac61820420%2Fap26305460227873.jpg' alt='FILE - Fishermen stand on the Indian Ocean beach at dusk in the former pirate village of Eyl, in Somalia's semiautonomous northeastern state of Puntland, Somalia, March 6, 2017.'/><p>he operation involved a warship, a maritime surveillance aircraft and marine commandos. The hijacking followed a resurgence of Somali piracy across the Gulf of Aden and western Indian Ocean.</p><p>(Image credit: Ben Curtis)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-151468' />