The Middle East is a Afro-Eurasian region that consists of 18 total countries.
These countries are:
Bahrain
Cyprus
Egypt
Iran
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
the Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey
the United Arab Emirates
Yemen
Sometimes, the definition of the Middle East can be stretched to include the concept of the 'Greater Middle East.' Please notify me if you'd like me to list those countries as well.
The Middle East is a transcontinental region in Afro-Eurasia which generally includes Western Asia, all of Egypt, and Turkey. The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near East beginning in the early 20th century.
