Bab el Mandeb

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Bab el Mandeb (băb ĕl măn`dĕb) [Arab.,= gate of tears], strait, 17 mi (27 km) wide, linking the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden and separating the Arabian peninsula from E Africa. It is an important passage on the Indian Ocean–Mediterranean Sea shipping route via the Suez Canal. Control of the strategically located strait was long contested by Britain and France. The island of Perim is in the strait.

Bab el Mandeb

a strait between SW Arabia and E Africa, connecting the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden

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No references found			Yemen, on the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula overlooking the Bab El Mandeb Straits that link the Red Sea with the Arabian Sea, plans to build an artificial harbour with France on the Red Sea island of Perim to bolster the international campaign against piracy in the region. Sarkozy's Middle East stratagem: with Gallic flourish and a soupcon ... by Blanche, Ed / The Middle East It also said that Isayas, with the cooperation of some Somali Islamist groups, are also colluding to control the Bab El Mandeb Straights in case of any escalation of conflict with the United States and Israel. Iran deploys troops, missiles in Eritrean port -- opposition by Sudan Tribune (Sudan) As it has been for other powers with a global reach, it is the Horn's proximity to the Red Sea shipping lanes and the Bab El Mandeb Straits that has dominated US geo-political thinking. Horns of a dilemma? A superpower's role in a pivotal region by African Business			Baal-Shem-Tov Baal-zebub Baal-zephon Baalah Baalbeck Baalbeck Festival Baalbek Baali Baalim Baalis Baan Baan IV Baana Baanah and Rechab BaanERP Baara Baarab Bairakh Baarle-Hertog Baasha baaskap Baath Baath Party Baatr Badmaevich Basangov Baatr Basangov Bab Bab el Mandeb Bab El-Mandeb Bab, Al- Bab, the Baba Feghani Baba Tahir Uryan Baba Yaga Baba, Corneliu babaco Babadag Babadzhanian, Amazasp Babadzhanian, Amazasp Khachaturovich Babadzhanian, Arno Babadzhanian, Arno Arutiunovich Babaev, Agadzhan Babaev, Agadzhan Geldyevich Babaev, Iurii Babaev, Iurii Nikolaevich Babaevo Babaevskii, Semen Babaevskii, Semen Petrovich Babai Babakhanian, Arakel Babakin, Georgii Babakin, Georgii Nikolaevich Babakulov, Akhmad			Baath Party Baath Party Baath Party Baathism Baathism Baathism Baathist Baathist Baathist Baathists Baathists Baathists BAATPE Baatr Badmaevich Basangov Baatr Basangov BAATX BAAU BAAVSS BAAWA Baazelbub Baazelbub Baazelbub Bab Bab Bab Bab Bab Bab al Mandab Bab Al Mandeb Bab al-Mandab Bab el Mandeb Bab el-Mandeb Bab, Al- Bab, the Bab, the Bab-el-Mandeb Bab-el-Mandeb Bab. Bab. Bab. baba baba baba Babà Baba (disambiguation) Baba (disambiguation) baba au rhum Baba Banda Singh Bahadur Engineering College Baba Farid University of Health Sciences Baba Feghani baba gannouj baba ganoosh Baba ganouj Baba ganoush Baba ghanouj Baba ghanoush Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University Baba Jaga Baba Jamuna Dass Cricket Club Baba Ludhiana Basketball Academy Baba Nuwail

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