EU bolsters Red Sea mission amid reports Houthis may shut Bab el-Mandeb
- The Bab el-Mandeb — Arabic for "Gate of Tears" — is a narrow strait roughly 30 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, separating Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula from Djibouti and Eritrea on the Horn of Africa.
- Around 10-15% of global maritime trade passes through it, including a significant share of Europe's oil and gas imports.
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- The Bab el-Mandeb — Arabic for "Gate of Tears" — is a narrow strait roughly 30 kilometres wide at its narrowest point, separating Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula from Djibouti and Eritrea on the Horn of Africa.
- Around 10-15% of global maritime trade passes through it, including a significant share of Europe's oil and gas imports.
Sources: Euronews