11. Eritrea and Yemen both claim sovereignty over the Hanish archipelago, which controls access to the Bab al-Mandab straits between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. 12. Eritrea and Yemen both claim sovereignty over the Hanish archipelago which controls access to the Bab al-Mandab straits between the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. 13. The Yemeni cabinet issued a statement late Tuesday accusing Eritrea of occupying Lesser Hanish, part of the Hanish archipelago at the southern entrance to the Red Sea. 14. The conflict over the Hanish archipelago, at the southern end of the Red Sea, broke out in December when Asmara took the island of Greater Hanish. 15. The dispute is over which country has sovereignty over the strategic Hanish archipelago, which commands access to the Bab al-Mandab straits. 16. The Hanish archipelago, which both sides claim, guards access to strategic Red Sea shipping lanes. 17. The Hanish archipelago guards access to strategic Red Sea shipping lanes. 18. The Hanish archipelago is at the centre of a long-running dispute between Eritrea and Yemen. |