VOL. XLI
No. 42
19-October-1998
YEMEN
Arbitration Court Rules In Yemens Favor Over Hunaish Islands
The Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague issued on 9 October itsruling on the dispute between Yemen and Eritrea regarding the islands in Bab al-Mandib, atthe mouth of the Red Sea (see map). The dispute between the two countries erupted whenEritrea seized the island of Greater Hunaish from Yemeni forces in a brief battle inDecember 1995 (MEES, 13 May 1996). The three islands of the Hunaish...
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