Bab-el-Mandeb

The Bab-el-Mandeb (, ) is a strait and a major global chokepoint between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Djibouti and Eritrea in the Horn of Africa, connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden and by extension the Indian Ocean.

Perim (), also called Mayyun () in Arabic, is a Yemeni volcanic island in the Strait of Mandeb at the south entrance into the Red Sea, off the south-west coast of Yemen. It administratively belongs to Dhubab District or Bab al-Mandab District, Taiz Governorate. The island of Perim divides the strait of Mandeb into two channels.

2023 Houthi attacks on Red Sea

gulf in Djibouti and Somalia

Arab military operation against Israel in 1973

islands near Djibouti and Eritrea

archipelago in the Dact-el-Mayun section of the Bab-el-Mandeb strait

model of early human migration

small port in Yemen briefly occupied by French merchants in 1868, named after Sa'id ibn Zayd

Peninsula in Obock Region, Djibouti

speculative macro-engineering proposal

eastern section of the Bab-el-Mandeb straits