{"id":124295,"date":"2026-09-13T11:52:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=124295"},"modified":"2026-09-13T15:05:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T09:35:16","slug":"mayun-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mayun-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayun Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mayun Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yemen\u2019s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels recently captured the strategic island of Mayun in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the entrance to the Red Sea. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mayun Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mayun Island, also known as <\/span><b>Perim Island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is a <\/span><b>small volcanic island belonging to Yemen, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">located in the strategically important <\/span><b>Bab el-Mandeb Strait<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, at the <\/span><b>southern entrance to the Red Sea.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although <\/span><b>rocky <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and just 13 sq.km. in area, the volcanic island rises as high as 65 m and <\/span><b>overlooks the strait near its narrowest point<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, about 26 km wide.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perim Island actually<\/span><b> splits<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Bab el-Mandeb <\/span><b>Strait into two smaller channels.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>importance <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the small island <\/span><b>grew with the advent of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-suez-canal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suez Canal<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which <\/span><b>connected <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea through the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/red-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sea <\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and allowed <\/span><b>global shipping routes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to bypass the lengthy route around Africa.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As steps were taken to begin the construction of the canal, the <\/span><b>British seized the island in 1857 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>established a coaling station,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which later went bankrupt in 1935.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>For many years, from 1857 to 1967,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Perim Island was <\/span><b>part of the British Empire.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perim Island <\/span><b>became part of independent Yemen (Aden) in 1967.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bab el-Mandeb Strait became a vital chokepoint along the new route, and Perim Island\u2019s position within the strait gave its occupier command over the eastern channel and a measure of control over its western channel.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>deep and large natural harbor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on its southwestern side and a <\/span><b>military airfield<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/houthi-rebels-capture-mayun-island-in-bab-el-mandeb-strait-threat-to-saudi-oil-exports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>NOA<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mayun Island, a volcanic island of Yemen, lies in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. 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