Red Sea

Arm of the Indian Ocean between Asia and Africa

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The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. To the north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez. The Red Sea is a Global 200 ecoregion. The sea is underlain by the Red Sea Rift which is part of the Great Rift Valley.

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Yemen: Decaying oil tanker in Red Sea threatens disaster Experts say a leak could cause lasting damage to marine life and destroy fishermen's livelihoods. BBC News - Published on July 15, 2020
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Saudi Arabia reimposes curfew in Jeddah for two weeks: SPA agency Saudi Arabia has reimposed a curfew in the Red Sea city of Jeddah 3 p.m to 6 a.m for two weeks starting on Saturday due to the spread of the coronavirus, and suspended work in offices, state news.. Reuters - Published on June 5, 2020
Dubai imposes two-week lockdown as Gulf states step up coronavirus fight Dubai imposed a two-week lockdown Saturday night and Saudi Arabia sealed off parts of the Red Sea city of Jeddah as Gulf states tightened measures in big cities to contain the spread of the.. Reuters - Published on April 4, 2020
Saudi authorities lock down several Jeddah neighborhoods Saudi authorities announced a lockdown and a partial curfew in seven neighborhoods of the Red Sea city of Jeddah, starting on Saturday, as part of measures to contain the new coronavirus outbreak, the.. Reuters - Published on April 4, 2020

Saudi Arabia cancels 'Jeddah Season' festival over coronavirus: state TV Saudi Arabia canceled "Jeddah Season", a weeks-long entertainment and cultural festival in the Red Sea port city, as part of measures to curb the coronavirus outbreak, state television reported on.. Reuters - Published on March 19, 2020
Saudi-led coalition says it foiled Red Sea attack by Yemen's Houthis Naval forces from the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Sunday foiled an "imminent terrorist" attack by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in the southern Red Sea, a major commercial shipping.. Reuters - Published on February 23, 2020Also reported by •WorldNews
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman discusses Red Sea, Gulf of Aden security with Eritrean president RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman held talks on Monday with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in the capital Riyadh. During the talks, they reviewed the bilateral relations between the two countries.. WorldNews - Published on February 18, 2020
The Ethiopian migrants who make the desperate journey to Saudi Arabia via Yemen Every day, thousands of Ethiopians set off on foot on a desperate 2,000-kilometre trek in the hope of reaching Saudi Arabia. Their route takes them across the Djibouti desert, the Red Sea and Yemen, a.. France 24 - Published on February 14, 2020

Yemen's Huthis claim attack on Saudi oil facilities in Jizan ADEN - Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi movement said on Wednesday it had carried out operations targeting facilities belonging to Saudi Aramco in Jizan on the Red Sea. Huthi military spokesman Yahya Saria.. WorldNews - Published on January 29, 2020Also reported by •Reuters
Environmental impact of Suez Canal debated 150 years after it was opened As Egypt marks the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Suez Canal, marine biologists are bemoaning one of the famed waterway’s lesser known legacies, the invasion of hundreds of non-native.. WorldNews - Published on January 16, 2020
Yemen's Houthis say they will release seized ships if Korean Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on Tuesday it would release vessels it had captured if they prove to be South Korean, after it seized a rig being towed by a Saudi tugboat in the southern Red.. Reuters - Published on November 19, 2019	Saudi-led coalition says Yemen's Houthis seize ship in Red Sea The Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen said on Monday the Houthis had seized a vessel towing a South Korean drilling rig at the southern end of the Red Sea. ...... WorldNews - Published on November 19, 2019Also reported by •France 24 •Reuters
Two South Koreans aboard vessel seized by Yemen's Houthis: ministry official Two South Korean nationals are on board one of the vessels seized by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement of Yemen in the southern end of the Red Sea, a South Korean foreign ministry official said on.. Reuters - Published on November 19, 2019	Yemen's Houthis seize three ships in Red Sea: Al Masirah TV Yemen's Houthis seized three ships, including one belonging to Saudi Arabia, three miles off Uqban island at the south end of the Red Sea, the group's Al-Masirah TV said on Monday. Reuters - Published on November 18, 2019
Houthis fire missiles at Yemen's Mokha port, military coalition says Yemen's Houthi movement launched missiles and drones at the Red Sea port city of al-Mokha on Wednesday causing injuries and deaths, forces in the anti-Houthi military coalition said. Reuters - Published on November 6, 2019	Nature: Dolphins We leave you this Sunday Morning in waters of the Red Sea, where bottlenose dolphins play. Videographer: Ziggy Livnat. CBS News - Published on November 1, 2019
Yemeni warring parties set up joint ceasefire observation posts in Hodeidah port Yemen's warring parties have set up joint frontline observation posts in the flashpoint port city of Hodeidah, the United Nations said on Wednesday, the latest step in U.N. efforts to maintain a.. Reuters - Published on October 23, 2019	Damaged Iranian tanker enters Iranian territorial waters: IRNA An Iranian tanker damaged in the Red Sea two weeks ago has entered Iranian territorial waters, the official IRNA news agency reported on Monday, citing information from the National Iranian Tanker.. Reuters - Published on October 21, 2019
Iran urges diplomacy to lower tensions, but decries tanker incident Iran on Monday urged regional powers to use diplomacy to reduce tensions including Yemen's war, but cautioned that an Iranian tanker damaged in the Red Sea last week had been hit by rockets and there.. Reuters - Published on October 14, 2019	Iran president says there is video footage of attack on Iranian tanker Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said an Iranian tanker damaged in the Red Sea on Friday had been hit by at least two rockets, and there is video footage of the incident. Reuters - Published on October 14, 2019
Iran releases pictures of tanker attacked off Saudi TEHRAN: Iran on Monday released pictures showing two gaping holes in the hull of an oil tanker it alleges was attacked off Saudi Arabia last week. Tehran says the Iranian-flagged Sabiti tanker was hit.. WorldNews - Published on October 14, 2019	Saudi Arabia says it is not behind Iranian tanker struck in Red Sea A Saudi minister said on Sunday that Riyadh was not behind a suspected strike against an Iranian-owned oil tanker in the Red Sea, which Iranian state-run television said was hit on Friday by missiles.. Reuters - Published on October 13, 2019
Iran threatens to respond to oil tanker attack in Red Sea A senior Iranian security official said on Saturday that Iran will respond to the recent attack on its oil tanker in the Red Sea, official IRNA news agency reported. A... WorldNews - Published on October 12, 2019	Saudi Arabia says it received distress message from damaged Iranian tanker: SPA Saudi Arabia said it received a distress message on Friday from a damaged Iranian tanker in the Red Sea but the vessel kept moving and switched off its transponder before it could provide assistance,.. Reuters - Published on October 12, 2019
Leakage from targeted Iran tanker halted as it heads for Gulf: Iranian media Leakage of cargo from an Iranian-owned oil tanker apparently hit by missiles in Red Sea waters off Saudi Arabia has been stopped as it heads for the Gulf, the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr.. Reuters - Published on October 12, 2019	Iranian oil tanker hit off Saudi coast, may have been missiles: Iranian media reports An Iranian-owned oil tanker was struck, probably by missiles, in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia's coast on Friday, Iranian media said, an incident that if confirmed will stoke tension in a region rattled.. Reuters - Published on October 11, 2019
Iran confirms attacks on Iranian oil tanker in Red Sea: TV Iran's foreign ministry confirmed that an Iranian oil tanker was hit twice in the Red Sea on Wednesday, state TV reported, saying the Iran-owned Sabiti tanker was damaged. Reuters - Published on October 11, 2019	Iran says attacked oil tanker still in Red Sea, will change route: ISNA Iran said it will change the route of its Sabiti oil tanker after the vessel was attacked by two missiles in the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia, Iran's Students News Agency ISNA reported. Reuters - Published on October 11, 2019
Oil leak from Iran's Sabiti tanker under control: IRNA An oil leak from the Iranian tanker Tehran said was targeted by two missiles in the Red Sea on Friday is under control, Iranian state news agency IRNA said. Reuters - Published on October 11, 2019	Iran oil tanker hit by two missiles off Saudi coast: Iranian state media An Iranian-owned oil tanker was hit by two missiles in the Red Sea off Saudi Arabia's coast on Friday, Iran's state television reported, quoting the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) which owns the.. Reuters - Published on October 11, 2019
Iran tanker reported hit by missiles is heading for Iran: Refinitiv data An Iranian tanker, which Iran's oil company said was hit by missiles in the Red Sea, is headed towards Iran's Larak port in the Gulf, Refinitiv shipping data showed on Friday. Reuters - Published on October 11, 2019	Russia: too early to assign blame for explosion on Iranian tanker: RIA Russia's foreign ministry on Friday said it was too early to assign blame for an explosion on an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea near Saudi Arabia, the RIA news agency reported. Reuters - Published on October 11, 2019