Red Sea
sea, Middle East
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Sep. 11, 2024, 7:16 PM ET (AP)
US aircraft carrier in the Middle East is heading home
Sep. 4, 2024, 2:28 AM ET (AP)
Salvagers abandon effort to tow burning oil tanker in the Red Sea targeted by Yemen's Houthi rebels
Sep. 2, 2024, 10:49 PM ET (AP)
Yemen's Houthi rebels target oil tanker in the Red Sea. US says rebels also hit Saudi-flagged tanker
Aug. 31, 2024, 12:51 PM ET (AP)
Yemen’s Houthi rebels fire 2 missiles at a container ship as an oil tanker burns
Aug. 30, 2024, 2:53 AM ET (AP)
Houthi video shows the Yemeni rebels planted bombs on tanker now threatening Red Sea oil spill
Red Sea, narrow strip of water extending southeastward from Suez, Egypt, for about 1,200 miles (1,930 km) to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, which connects with the Gulf of Aden and thence with the Arabian Sea. Geologically, the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba (Elat) must be considered as the northern extension of the same structure. The sea separates the coasts of Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea to the west from those of Saudi Arabia and Yemen to the east. Its maximum width is 190 miles, its greatest depth 9,974 feet (3,040 metres), and its area approximately 174,000 square miles (450,000 square km). ...(100 of 2099 words)