Bab-el-Mandeb - Wikipedia
The Bab-el-Mandeb (Arabic: باب المندب, lit. 'Gate of Lamentation', [1] Tigrinya: ባብ ኣል ማንዳብ), the Gate of Grief or the Gate of Tears, [2] is a strait between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa. It connects the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean.
Red Sea crisis - Wikipedia
The Red Sea crisis (Arabic: أزمة البحر الأحمر) began on 19 October 2023, when the Iran -backed Houthi movement in Yemen launched missiles and armed drones at Israel, demanding an end to the invasion of the Gaza Strip. [53][54] The Houthis have since seized and launched aerial attacks against dozens of merchant and naval vessels ...
List of Mediterranean countries - Wikipedia
Twenty sovereign countries in Southern Europe, Western Asia and North Africa regions border the sea itself, two island nations completely located in it (Malta and Cyprus), in addition to two British Overseas Territories (Gibraltar in the west and Akrotiri & Dhekelia in the east).
Yemen's Houthis signal they'll now limit their attacks in the Red Sea ...
Jan 20, 2025 · Yemen’s Houthi rebels have signaled they will limit their attacks in the Red Sea corridor to only Israeli-affiliated ships as a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip takes hold.
Yemen’s Houthis can range Mediterranean ships, Pentagon says
May 22, 2024 · WASHINGTON — Yemen’s Houthi rebels warned early this month that they would expand their ongoing campaign of attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea to the …
Bab el-Mandeb Strait: Location, Dimensions and Geopolitics
Dec 14, 2023 · The Bab el-Mandeb Strait is a narrow yet strategically vital maritime chokepoint connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Located between Yemen and Djibouti/Eritrea, this critical channel controls access to the Suez Canal and the inland trade routes of …
Yemen's Houthis claim attacks on four vessels in Red Sea and Mediterranean
Jun 28, 2024 · Yemen's Houthi terror group on Friday claimed responsibility for attacking a Liberia-flagged vessel in the Red Sea that a maritime agency said had survived five missiles, while also saying...
Yemeni forces conduct ops against 4 ships in Mediterranean, Red Sea
The Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) attacked four Israeli-affiliated ships and an American vessel in the Mediterranean and Red Sea, the spokesperson for the YAF, Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Friday.
Houthi rebels threaten to widen ship attacks to Mediterranean
May 3, 2024 · Yemen’s Houthi rebels have threatened to extend their attacks on Israel-bound shipping to the Mediterranean after months of strikes on vessels in the Red Sea.
How Yemen’s Houthi rebels are carrying out attacks on Red Sea …
Feb 2, 2024 · Houthi attacks have targeted ships in the southern Red Sea and the neighboring Gulf of Aden, which are joined by the Bab al-Mandab strait, a chokepoint between the Horn of Africa and the Middle...