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Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Iraq, Saudia Arabia

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I have to disagree with this answer. In fact, I have to disagree with this question!

There are not 5 "middle-eastern" countries. The term "the middle east" is not a tight definition, like "United States of America" or even "Africa" (which because of its shape is fairly tightly defined - generally speaking it's easy to tell whether a country is or is not in Africa, though with some islands it gets tricky.)

Originally it designated the countries which lay between the Ottoman Empire and the Arab-speaking world (often collectively referred to as the "Near East") and the "Far East" - China, Japan etc.

These days we use the term more to describe the non-European countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean and those lying immediately to the East of them. Frequently it also includes the countries of the Arabian peninsula.

So, suppose we start off with one definition of "Middle East" and say we are talking about those non-European countries which border the eastern end of the Mediterranean. If that is the case then only two of the countries listed above will count, and we shall have a list which might going clockwise, read, "Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt."

But this definition will miss out countries which can as properly be included - starting most controversially with Palestine, often not counted as a country or a nation. But whether you count Palestine or not, there is the "Gaza" strip which borders the Mediterranean.

Then there is Jordan, which has no actual Mediterranean shore, but is so intimately bound up with the history, geography and politics of the other states mentioned here, that it is hard not to include it in the tally of "Middle-Eastern" states.

If you are going to include Egypt (and few would exclude it), then maybe you should also include Libya and even Tunisia.

Some people use the term to cover the above, and include almost any state where a variety of Arabic is used - this extends the term right across the Arabian peninsula (including Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States) and along the coast of North Africa. This seems too far for me - especially once you get to countries like Morocco in the Western Mediterranean.

Certainly the Arabian peninsula - largely Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Gulf States - will often get included in a wider definition of the "Middle East". You can argue the case either way.

However, if you start talking about "Middle Eastern politics" few people would exclude the countries of Iraq and Iran, which are linguistically (in the case of Iraq) and culturally and religiously bound up with nations which define the Middle East, and cannot be considered part of the "Far East".

Historically the term "Middle East" was even applied to Afghanistan and its current troubles remain bound up with the fate of countries a long way to the east of it - but if you have a homework question on "The Middle East" you might have to defend the inclusion of Afghanistan.

Clear as mud? - sorry, but that's the Middle East for you.

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They include: Bahrain, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Iraq, Syria, Turkey, Libya, Jordan and Lebanon. There a number of conflicts going on in the Middle East for ages.

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The Middle East includes Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran.

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