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When it comes to the Middle East, the first thing that comes to mind is war, and the surprise attack by Hamas of the Palestinian armed forces on Israel on October 7 shocked the world, and the situation in the Middle East has heated up sharply.
First of all, the Lebanese Allah Party launched an attack on the Saba'a farms in northern Israel, and directly announced that this was solidarity with Hamas, which is generally believed to be the financial owner behind Hamas and the Allah Party, and Iran even claimed to wipe Israel off the map.
At the same time, Syria fired a number of mortar shells at Israel through the Golan Heights, and in the third Middle East War in 1967, Israel occupied the Syrian Golan Heights, coupled with ethnic contradictions, Israel and Syria are also full of contradictions.
At the same time, the United States also sent the most advanced aircraft carrier battle group to the Middle East to support Israel and deter neighboring forces.
So what countries and regions does the Middle East contain?
Internationally recognized are countries in West Asia other than Afghanistan: Israel, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, Palestine, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Jordan, Yemen, Cyprus, Bahrain, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Egypt in North Africa.
The geographical boundary is from the southeast of the Mediterranean Sea to the coast of the Persian Gulf, south of the Russian Transcaucasian region, located in an important strategic location at the junction of Asia, Africa and Europe, and the Suez Canal is an important hub connecting the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean, with abundant oil and gas resources.
The Middle East is characterized by complex ethnic contradictions, religious beliefs and territorial disputes, coupled with abundant oil and gas resources, which has become a battlefield for countries in the region and major powers outside the region.