Middle East

Middle East consists of 18 nations. These include Yemen, Bahrain, Cyprus, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Syrian Arab Republic, the United Arab Emirates, and the Persian Gulf state of Syria.
The term “Greater Middle East”—which includes Afghanistan, the Comoros, Djibouti, the Maghreb, Pakistan, Sudan, and Somalia—is occasionally added to the description of the Middle East.
The Middle East is made up of nations that are similar in terms of ethnic groupings, geographical characteristics, religious convictions, and political history.