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. == Etymology == In Bab-el-Mandeb, Bab means "gate" or "door" while Mandeb means "lamentation" or "grief".
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. == Etymology == In Bab-el-Mandeb, Bab means "gate" or "door" while Mandeb means "lamentation" or "grief".
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