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Greater Middle East (orthographic projection)
The traditional Middle East and the G8's 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 and Turkey, marginal countries such as Pakistan and Afghanistan. Various Central Asian countries and the lower Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia) and Cyprus 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:

  1. Afghanistan Afghanistan
  2. Algeria Algeria
  3. Armenia Armenia
  4. Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
  5. Djibouti Djibouti
  6. Eritrea Eritrea
  7. Georgia (country) Georgia
  8. Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
  9. Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan
  10. Libya Libya
  11. Mauritania Mauritania
  12. Morocco Morocco
  13. Pakistan Pakistan
  14. Tajikistan Tajikistan
  15. Tunisia Tunisia
  16. Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
  17. Uzbekistan Uzbekistan
Countries and territories of the Middle East
Bahrain • Cyprus • Egypt • Iraq • Iran • Israel • Jordan • Kuwait • Lebanon • Northern Cyprus 1 • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Syria • Turkey • United Arab Emirates • 'State of Palestine 2 • Yemen
Greater Middle East
Afghanistan • Algeria • Armenia • Azerbaijan • Djibouti • Eritrea • Georgia • Kashmir 3 • Libya • Mauritania • Morocco • Pakistan • Somalia • Sudan • Tunisia • Western Sahara (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic) 4
1 Only recognized by Turkey; see Cyprus dispute. 2 Self-ruled Palestine3 Disputed territories. 4 Status disputed with Morocco.
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