Well, Mauritania, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Sudan, Western Sahar, Egypt, Morocco are far from the Middle East region.
It is interesting how they can easily be perceived as Middle East, I suppose because they are culturally "non western" in many ways.
All of the countries you mentioned (except Western Sahara) and then some are all considered a part of the Arab League, so I guess you could call it that.
I always find it fascinating when Turkey is lumped into the Middle East, especially in guide books and atlases. They're not Arab, nor do they speak Arabic, and aside from the fact that they are predominantly Muslim, there is little in common between Turkey and the Arab world.
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