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Mandeb, Strait
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Mandeb, Strait of

 or Bab el-Mandeb Arabic Bab al-Mandab

Strait that connects the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden. Its land boundaries are the Arabian Peninsula (northeast) and the African coast (southeast), which are separated by some 20 mi (32 km). The strait is divided into two channels by Perim Island. Its name means “Gate of Tears,” referring to the dangers that formerly attended its navigation.



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The location is not ideal; it is still 2,500 kilometers to a station just off the Musandam Peninsula, and the Bab al-Mandab is a known choke point.
Israel expands its nuclear threat thanks to German "donation" of ... by Stauffer, Thomas R. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Yemen is part of the Middle East least in the public eye - although it overlooks the strategic Bab al-Mandab Strait and contains about half the population of the Arabian peninsula.
The silent demise of democracy: the role of the Clinton ... by Davis, Elizabeth Van Wie / Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ)
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