Greater Middle East

The Greater Middle East (also known as "The New Middle East") is a political term that groups together various countries, related to the Arab world with Iran, Turkey, and Cyprus, marginal countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. Various Central Asian countries and the lower Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia) and Greece are sometimes also included. Some speakers may use the term to denote areas with significant Muslim majorities, but this usage is not universal. The countries and Territories of the GME are as the following:

  Afghanistan
  Algeria
  Armenia
  Azerbaijan
  Djibouti
  Eritrea
  Georgia
  Kazakhstan
  Kyrgyzstan
  Libya
  Malta
  Mauritania
  Morocco
  Pakistan
  Tajikistan
  Tunisia
  Turkmenistan
  Uzbekistan

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Category:Middle East