Red Sea

CSE PRELIMS GS PAPER I: Indian & World Geography – Physical, Social, Economic Geography of India & the World.

Context: Iranian ship attacked in Red Sea, as per Tehran vessel was deployed to safeguard shipping in the area.

• The freighter was a civilian ship, although other sources said it had been used by Iranian commandos as a base for shipping protection and other duties in the area.
• This ship has been serving as Iran’s logistics station — for technical and logistical support — in the Red Sea.

About Red Sea:

• It is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia.
• Its connection to the ocean is in the south, through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden.
• To its north lie the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal).
• It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the Great Rift Valley.
• It is the world's northernmost tropical sea, and has been designated a Global 200 ecoregion.

https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-international/iranian-ship-attacked-in-red-sea-report-says-it-was-israeli-payback/article34268244.ece