Middle East is a region Asia. West Asia is also often used as a synonym. Parts of the Middle East also belong to the region middle East.
States of the Middle East
- Armenia (at least geographically)
- Azerbaijan (at least geographically)
- Bahrain
- Georgia (at least geographically)
- Iraq
- Iran
- Israel
- Yemen (except Socotra, that belongs geographically to Africa)
- Jordan
- Qatar
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestine
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Turkey (partly in Europe)
- United Arab Emirates
- Cyprus (at least geographically)
location
![Location of the Middle East](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Western_Asia.png/500px-Western_Asia.png)