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1 day ago · Middle East, the lands around the southern and eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, encompassing at least the Arabian Peninsula and, by some definitions, Iran, North Africa, and sometimes beyond. Learn more about the history of the classification of the region in this article.
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The Middle East currently has one of the youngest...
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Saudi Arabia, arid, sparsely populated kingdom of the Middle...
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1 day ago · The Middle East (term originally coined in English [see § Terminology] [note 1]) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq. The term came into widespread usage as a replacement of the term Near East (as opposed to the Far East) beginning in the early 20th century.
- 7,207,575 km² (2,782,860 sq mi)
- 371 million (2010)
5 days ago · Saudi Arabia, arid, sparsely populated kingdom of the Middle East. It is ruled by the Saud family , which in the 18th century entered an alliance with the austere and conservative Wahhābī Islamic movement.
3 days ago · Lebanon, country located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of a narrow strip of territory and is one of the world’s smaller sovereign states. The capital is Beirut. Lebanon. Though Lebanon, particularly its coastal region, was the site of some of the oldest human settlements in the world—the Phoenician ports of Tyre ...
1 day ago · Morocco, [d] officially the Kingdom of Morocco, [e] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to the east, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the south.
May 3, 2024 · These are the countries included in the MENA region, listed in alphabetical order, followed by their capital cities. The term covers an extensive region of the world and includes all Middle Eastern and Maghreb countries. Click on the name of the country to be redirected to the country's government webpage.
May 15, 2024 · The UAE did not experience the "Arab Spring" unrest seen elsewhere in the Middle East in 2010-11, partly because of the government's multi-year, $1.6-billion infrastructure investment plan for the poorer northern emirates, and its aggressive pursuit of advocates of political reform.
