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A body of water between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia in the Horn of Africa, connecting the Red Sea to the Arabian Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait. It sits astride one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and has been a focus of international anti-piracy patrols.

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