@apnews: Conflicts in the Horn of Africa, Yemen and in Iran have raised concerns on how instability in the region could indirectly drive piracy in a critical chokepoint between the West and Asia, said commanders of the European Union's naval force based in Djibouti. The Associated Press accompanied the Spanish frigate, the Santa María, on one of its regular patrols out of Djibouti into the Gulf of Aden, with Yemen to the north, and Somaliland and Somalia to the south. #gulfofaden #djibouti #europeanunion