The bulk of the Arabian Peninsula is covered by . It is connected by a 25-km causeway to , the smallest country in the region.
Located in the southern Arabian Peninsula is , it is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north and to the northeast. The is located on the eastern end of the Arabian Peninsula bordering Saudi Arabia and Oman.
occupies the Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula with its only border being with Saudi Arabia. Situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf is .
is bordered by to the west, Turkey to the northwest, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east and Pakistan to the south east.
with its capital city, Damascus, considered as the oldest in the world is situated in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It is bordered by to the southwest.
The Dead Sea is bordered by in the east, in the west and which occupies the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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The Middle East is a large region in southwest Asia, extending over 3600 km, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the north, the Red Sea on the west, the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea in the south, and by the Gulf of Oman, the Strait of Hormuz and the Persian Gulf in the southeast.
The world's largest and driest sand desert, "Rub'al-Khali" known as "The Empty Quarter" lies predominantly in Saudi Arabia, crossing into Yemen and Oman in the south and the United Arab Emirates in the east.
In term of size, Saudi Arabia (2,149,690 sq km) is the fifth-largest Asian country. Iran (1,648,195 sq km) is ranked as the sixth-largest in Asia. Yemen (527,968 sq km) is the second-largest country in the Arabian Peninsula. Bahrain (787 sq km) is the smallest country in the Middle East.
The Syrian capital, Damascus, was inhabited as early as 8,000 to 10,000 B.C. It is considered the fourth holiest city in Islam after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem.
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