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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.
Map of Yemen from 1993, showing a typical portrayal of the boundary prior to the signing of 2000 Treaty of Jeddah. During the First World War, an Arab Revolt, supported by Britain, succeeded in removing the Ottomans from the Arabian Peninsula; in the period following this Ibn Saud managed to expand his kingdom considerably, eventually proclaiming the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932.
Yemen is the sixth most water stressed country in the world. Yemen is subject to sandstorms and dust storms, resulting in soil erosion and crop damage. The country has very limited natural freshwater and consequently inadequate supplies of potable water. Desertification (land degradation caused by aridity) and overgrazing are also problems. [3]
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With a population of more than 20 million people, Yemen is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the North, the Red Sea to the West, the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden to the South, and Oman to the east. Yemen's territory includes over 200 islands, the largest of which is Socotra, about 415 kilometres (259 miles) to the south of Yemen, off the coast of ...
Yemen, [a] officially the Republic of Yemen, [b] is a country in West Asia. [11] Located in southern Arabia , it borders Saudi Arabia to the north, Oman to the northeast, the Red Sea to the west, and the Indian Ocean to the south, sharing maritime borders with Eritrea , Djibouti and Somalia across the Horn of Africa .
Saudi Arabia and Yemen relations refers to the current and historical relationship between the neighbouring sovereign states of Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The two countries at one time did enjoy good relations and closely cooperated in military, economic and cultural issues. [ 1 ]
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