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...