Tiran Island

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Tiran, officially Thiran Island (Arabic: جزيرة ثيران), is a Saudi Arabian island in the Red Sea, located at the entrance to the Strait of Tiran. The island's administration was temporarily transferred by King Abdulaziz to Egypt in 1950 due to concerns of Israeli expansion while Saudi Arabia lacked a naval capability to protect the island. The island was captured by Israel during the Six-Day War and was returned to Egypt during the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty. The island's administration was transferred back to Saudi Arabia by Egypt in April 2016.

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