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Gulf countries and Middle Eastern countries aren't the same. A breakdown of the regions

The 2026 US-Israel-Iran war has pushed the Middle East back into global focus. But as missiles fly and alliances harden, one common mistake keeps cropping up: treating the Middle East and the Gulf ...
The New York Times

The Scale of the War in the Middle East in Five Maps

To show the extent of the war that the United States and Israel started with Iran, the maps in this article overlay the region onto different parts of the world. Drag the globe or region to compare ...