{"id":18365,"date":"2026-03-30T14:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18365"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:32:17","slug":"bab-el-mandeb-strait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bab-el-mandeb-strait\/","title":{"rendered":"Bab el-Mandeb Strait"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bab el-Mandeb Strait Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran deepens, attention is now shifting southwards to another narrow stretch of water, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bab el-Mandeb Strait<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as the \u201c<\/span><b>Gate of Tears\u201d in Arabic,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> referring to the large number of shipwrecks that have occurred in this region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies at the <\/span><b>southern tip of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/red-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Red Sea<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, between <\/span><b>Yemen and the Horn of Africa.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It connects the <\/span><b>Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and further to <\/span>the<b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indian-ocean\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Indian Ocean<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also separates <\/span><b>Arabia, in the northeast, from the African continent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the southwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It further acts as a link between the <\/span><b>Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea via<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The strait is 30 kilometers (KM) wide and is divided into two channels by the <\/span><b>Yemeni island of Perim,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with the eastern channel being called <\/span><b>Alexander\u2019s Strait<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while the western-lying <\/span><b>Dact-el-Mayun Channel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a crucial link in the <\/span><b>trade route connecting the Mediterranean to Asia.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ships transporting goods between Europe and Asia, as well as Middle Eastern oil bound for Europe and North America, pass through it when using <\/span><b>Egypt\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-suez-canal\/\" target=\"_blank\">Suez Canal<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/houthis-attack-israel-bab-el-mandab-10607537\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bab el-Mandeb Strait: key chokepoint linking Red Sea to Indian Ocean gains focus amid West Asia tensions; 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