The Red Sea and the Arabian Sea

The Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea

The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea

The Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf

Turkey and Iraq

Kuwait and Iran

Saudi Arabia and Israel

Iraq and Saudi Arabia

The Suez Canal is Iraq’s only waterway leading into the Persian Gulf

. The Suez Canal is the only way for ships to get out of the Persian Gulf

. The Suez Canal makes it possible to get to the Mediterranean Sea from the Arabian Sea without having to sail around the continent of Africa.

The Suez Canal connects the Jordan River to the Persian Gulf, making it less expensive to ship products to other parts of Southwest Asia

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Dead Sea

Gaza Strip

Tigris River

Euphrates River

Dead Sea

Gaza Strip

Tigris River

Euphrates River

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