Bab el Mandeb

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Bab el Man·deb (bäb

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A strategically important strait, 27 km (17 mi) wide, between the Arabian Peninsula and eastern Africa. It links the Red Sea with the Gulf of Aden.

Bab el Mandeb [ˈbæb ɛl ˈmændɛb]

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

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Aden Red Sea			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			B2B B2C B2E B4 B4N BA ba' Ba'ath Ba'th baa baa-lamb Baader Meinhof Gang Baader-Meinhof Gang Baaing Baal Baal Merodach Baal Shem Tov Baalbek baalebos Baalism Baalist baas baaskap Baathist Bab Bab el Mandeb baba baba au rhum baba gannouj baba ghanoush babaco babacu oil babalas Babar Babashoff babassu babassu nut babassu oil babassu palm Babbage Babbage Charles babbiting Babbitt babbitt metal babbitting Babbittism babble babble away or on babble out Babblement babbler			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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