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• n  a northeastern arm of the Red Sea; between the Sinai Peninsula (Egypt) and Saudi Arabia

• Gulf of Aqaba
• Gulf of Akaba

News & Articles

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• Israel, Jordan, Palestinians Strike Water-Sharing Deal
  Under the agreement, Jordan would build a desalination plant and a pipeline would be built from the Gulf of Aqaba to the Dead Sea.
  Dec. 10, 2013 - NPR
• Middle East water deal brings Red Sea-Dead Sea pipeline one step closer
  Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority on Monday signed a water-sharing agreement that includes the building of a desalination plant on the Gulf of Aqaba and a pilot study for a pipeline linking the Red Sea with the Dead Sea, the World Bank said. The plant will be built in the southern Jordanian port of Aqaba on the Red Sea and will desalinate water to be shared by the neighbors. The salty ...
  Dec. 9, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News