Both Uses of
Middle East
in
No Easy Day
- Egypt had a new government and protests had sprung up across the Middle East.†
p. 144.6Middle East = a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf
- His goal was to start a war with the United States to rally Muslims to create a single Arab country across the Middle East.†
p. 161.9 *
Definition:
a region around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf (though there is no agreement on an exact to definition)
Some of the countries typically considered part of that region today include Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Jordan, and Lebanon. Some might include Afghanistan and Turkey which would certainly be included if referred to as the "Greater Middle East". Occasionally, the area is referred to as the Near East.