Middle East
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| Area | 7208 |
|---|---|
| Population | 371 million (2010) |
| Countries | Israel |
| Iran | |
| Saudi Arabia | |
| Turkey | |
| Egypt | |
| Syria | |
| Iraq | |
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| ID | 405649 |
About Middle East
The Middle East is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey, and Egypt. Saudi Arabia is geographically the largest Middle Eastern nation while Bahrain is the smallest. The corresponding adjective is Middle Eastern and the derived noun is Middle Easterner.
Israel-Gaza: UK launches surveillance flights to find Hamas hostages
...By Ruth ComerfordBBC NewsThe UK will carry out unarmed surveillance flights over the Middle East to search for Hamas hostage locations, the Ministry of Defence says...
British soldier killed off duty in Kenya
... He was commissioned from Sandhurst in August 2014 and was deployed in Europe, the Middle East, the Falklands and Africa...
Bowen: US sets clearer red lines for Israel as ceasefire ends
... A new Palestinian refugee crisis would be another dangerous and desperate moment for the Middle East...
Mia Schem: Wounded festival-goer in Hamas hostage video freed
... Speaking on his third visit to the Middle East since the war broke out last month, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he wanted to see the truce extended...
Dr Martens shares plunge after profit warning
... The company said in its results that widespread caution among Dr Martens wholesale customers had resulted in a " weaker order book than in prior years" but added that trade in recent weeks in Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific had improved...
Henry Kissinger: Divisive diplomat who towered over world affairs
... He became a powerful critic of Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton s foreign policy, arguing the presidents wanted too fast a leap towards peace in the Middle East...
Royal Navy sends second warship to Gulf
...By Jonathan BealeDefence correspondentThe UK is to send a second warship to the Gulf, in response to rising tensions in the Middle East...
Burlington, Vermont, shootings leave one troubling question: Why?
... The following day, prosecutors said, he started an argument about the Middle East and attacked his lodgers, Hanaan Shahin and her son Wadea Al-Fayoume...
