Middle East

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The Middle East or Western Asia is an area of land and group of countries in the continent Asia. The countries are linked because they share history and most of the people of these countries are Muslims.

Some Middle Eastern countries include:

• Afghanistan
• Bahrain
• Egypt
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Palestine
• Jordan
• Kazakhstan
• Kuwait
• Kyrgyzstan
• Lebanon
• Oman
• Pakistan and Kashmir
• Qatar
• Saudi Arabia
• Syria
• Tajikistan
• The United Arab Emirates
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan
• Uzbekistan
• Yemen

And the areas called the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

[change] See Also

• Central Asia
• East Asia
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia

Countries and territories of the Middle East

Bahrain | Egypt | Gaza Strip1 | Iran | Iraq | Israel | Jordan | Kuwait | Lebanon | Oman | Pakistan | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Syria | Turkey2 | United Arab Emirates | West Bank1 | Yemen

1. Palestine territories. 2. Sometimes considered to be part of the Middle East because of political and social relationships.