Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser's closure of the Strait of Tiran in 1967 cut off maritime access to the two seaports. Therefore, maintaining the islands' demilitarised status has been seen ...

On October 29, 1956, Israel – with support from the UK and France – invaded Egypt with the objective of reopening the Straits of Tiran and the Gulf of Aqaba. The invasion lasted nine days and ...

In a sense, the fact that the Israelis are still at Gaza and the Tiran Straits would further U.S. purposes. For Nasser, it is an absolute political necessity to get the Israelis out of his country ...

Egypt might want to take the Tiran Strait issue to the World Court for a final decision, the high officials said. For these reasons, it was explained it cannot be expected that the U.S. could ...