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Transcontinental geopolitical region
The Middle East is a geo-political region that is generally defined as encompassing all of Egypt and all of West Asia except for the Caucasus. It roughly corresponds with what was historically referred to in Western Europe as the Near East, which was juxtaposed with the Far East. Unlike West Asia's adherence to continental boundaries, the Middle East is demarcated by following political borders and consequently includes East Thrace in Southeast Europe because it is a part of Turkey.
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A group of ships en route to Middle East carry over 7,000 sailors and 2,000 Marines, bringing US naval presence to unusually high number of more than 20,000 sailors and Marines and hundreds of aircraft.
The US Navy is reshuffling its forces across the Middle East, with the USS George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier and USS Delbert D. Black destroyer leaving the region for Thailand. The Bush, which spent months operating in the Arabian Sea, arrived in Phuket on October 4 for a scheduled port visit. The move leaves the USS…
Greek carrier is resuming services to Dubai, entering Syria and planning further expansion into North Africa next year.