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The '''Sinai Peninsula''' is a triangular area of land which is part of north-eastern [[Egypt]]. It is bordered by the [[Suez Canal]] and rest of Egypt to the west, and by [[Gaza]] and [[Israel]] to the east.  It has a northern shore with the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and lies between the two northern arms of the [[Red Sea]] - the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba.

[[Image:Sinai Peninsula.jpg|thumb|Sinai Peninsula from space]]The '''Sinai Peninsula''' is a triangular area of land which is part of north-eastern [[Egypt]]. It is bordered by the [[Suez Canal]] and rest of Egypt to the west, and by [[Gaza]] and [[Israel]] to the east.  It has a northern shore with the [[Mediterranean Sea]] and lies between the two northern arms of the [[Red Sea]] - the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba.

The peninsula has been a battleground in the Arab-Israeli wars of the second half of the twentieth century, in 1956 when it was occupied by [[Israel]] as a precursor to the Anglo-French intervention in the [[Suez Crisis]], in 1967 when it was occupied by Israel during the [[Six Day War]], and in 1973 when Egyptian forces achieved initial advantage during the [[Yom Kippur War]]. Following the Egyptian-Israeli treaty in 1979, Israel evacuated its forces from the peninsula in stages. By 1982 all of Sinai was under Egyptian control.

The peninsula has been a battleground in the Arab-Israeli wars of the second half of the twentieth century, in 1956 when it was occupied by [[Israel]] as a precursor to the Anglo-French intervention in the [[Suez Crisis]], in 1967 when it was occupied by Israel during the [[Six Day War]], and in 1973 when Egyptian forces achieved initial advantage during the [[Yom Kippur War]]. Following the Egyptian-Israeli treaty in 1979, Israel evacuated its forces from the peninsula in stages. By 1982 all of Sinai was under Egyptian control.