Although the Saudi Arabian government might claim that the islands are small, unimportant coral reef islands, their position is such that whoever controls them controls the Gulf of Aqaba.
Kundi hilo la watafiti wa eGenesis limekiri kuwa imekuwa changamoto kubwa kuweza kuzuia viungo vya nguruwe kukataliwa na mwili wa binadamu, Lakini wataalam wanasema kuwa hatua iliopigwa inafurahisha.