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The straight of Tiran, and Aqaba are still largely under Egyptian control.

The straight of Tiran are open to all ship traffic. Last time Egypt tried to impose a blockade on them, Israel considered it as an act of war which resulted in the six day war (where Egypt lost control of all the Sinai peninsula up to the Suez Canal.

Aqaba is a Jordanian port.

For those curious, the list of books that cover the geopolitics of the Suez Canal (way before the current one) is extensive and include:

Blood and Sand: Suez, Hungary, and Eisenhower's Campaign for Peace

The Suez Crisis: The History of the Suez Canal’s Nationalization by Egypt and the War that Followed

1948: The First Arab-Israeli War

Read all three? Have a favourite?

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