Suez Canal, Egypt, 1974: I was with the Second Egyptian Army, who, at the end of the Yom Kippur War managed to cross the Suez Canal and establish a bridgehead there.
He said he had planned to take the boat through the Suez Canal to Alexandria, Egypt.
Through the war, Israel secured its maritime rights in the Suez Canal and weakened significantly Egypt's regular and irregular forces in Sinai and Gaza.
Egypt's state prosecutor has charged 25 people, including Lebanese, Palestinians, Sudanese and Egyptians, with forming a cell to smuggle weapons across Egypt's border with Gaza, to monitor shipping in the Suez Canal and to plot attacks against Egypt itself.
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In September 1956 the Suez Crisis, prompted by Egypt seizing and nationalising the Suez canal saw MPs returning early from the summer recess.
The pipeline is the third most strategically important piece of energy infrastructure in Egypt after the Suez Canal and the Sumed Pipeline.
Unrest in Egypt mattered because of the Suez Canal and the Suez-Mediterranean Pipeline, which together transport almost 2 million barrels of oil per day.
Second, by managing the Suez Canal in conformance with international maritime law, Egypt facilitated the smooth transport of petroleum products to global markets and prevented Iran from operating in the Mediterranean Sea.
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While fears that the Suez Canal might close due to the social uprising in Egypt helped push up costs, it was the fear of contagion that shook markets more strongly.
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In 1954, Britain and Egypt initialled an agreement to end British occupation of the Suez Canal Zone.
Egypt has a lucrative industry from the shipping traffic in the Suez Canal, but it is concerned about shipping firms pursuing other routes to avoid the Gulf of Aden.
Oil prices jumped on initial news that unrest in Egypt could topple the government and create a shipping bottleneck at the Suez Canal.
The Suez Crisis of 1956 could have been a joint triumph, but their military success in seizing the Canal in Egypt turned to humiliation as they were forced to withdraw under international pressure.
Egypt is on the fast track to reinstating its war against Israel and threatening international shipping in the Suez Canal.
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