Red Sea islands: Why Saudi Arabia wants Tiran and Sanafir ...Kuwait

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Red Sea islands: Why Saudi Arabia wants Tiran and Sanafir
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Strategically located in the Red Sea, Tiran and Sanafir have a complicated history in a geopolitically turbulent part of the world. These uninhabited islands have been a source of much tension between Egypt and Saudi Arabia for decades. Today, with Tiran and Sanafir back under Saudi Arabia’s control, these islands are set to enhance Riyadh’s position in Red Sea political governance and bolster the Saudi tourism industry’s potential. Saudi Arabia originally controlled Tiran and Sanafir until transferring control of them to Egypt in 1950. The Saudis did so because at the time they had no confidence in their ability to protect the islands from an expected Israeli annexa

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