BahrainAsia · BHAwaiting official verification
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Manama, Bahrain — B.alotaby — CC BY-SA 4.0
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This directory covers 196 countries: the 193 United Nations member states plus the Holy See, the State of Palestine and Kosovo. That is a chosen editorial scope, not a universally accepted count — recognition and membership differ between organisations and governments, and listing a place here implies no political position.
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Middle East: Definitions of the Middle East vary between governments, institutions and everyday use, and no single list is authoritative. This is the browsing collection Visa Atlas uses, not a political or geographic ruling. Each country keeps its own continent in the directory data — Egypt is listed under Africa, Türkiye and the Gulf states under Asia — and this collection is a separate tag layered on top. Collections are editorial browsing groups. Membership says nothing about visa eligibility, entry rules, current conditions or safety — always check the official government or embassy source for your destination. Middle East
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16 countries
BahrainAsia · BH
EgyptAfrica · EGAwaiting official verification
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Cairo, Egypt — Faris El-Gwely — CC BY 4.0
IranAsia · IRAwaiting official verification
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Tehran, Iran — Amir Pashaei — CC BY-SA 4.0
IraqAsia · IQAwaiting official verification
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Iraq, Iraq — Diyar Muhammed — CC BY-SA 4.0
IsraelAsia · ILAwaiting official verification
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Tel Aviv, Israel — FLASHPACKER TRAVELGUIDE — CC BY-SA 2.0
JordanAsia · JOAwaiting official verification
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Amman, Jordan — David Bjorgen — CC BY-SA 3.0
KuwaitAsia · KWAwaiting official verification
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Kuwait City, Kuwait — User:Deepak — CC BY-SA 3.0
LebanonAsia · LBAwaiting official verification
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Beirut, Lebanon — Yoniw — CC BY-SA 3.0
OmanAsia · OMAwaiting official verification
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Muscat, Oman — Leon petrosyan — CC BY-SA 4.0
PalestineAsia · PSAwaiting official verification
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Bethlehem, State of Palestine — Britchi Mirela — CC BY-SA 4.0
QatarAsia · QAAwaiting official verification
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Doha, Qatar — Francisco Anzola — CC BY 2.0
Saudi ArabiaAsia · SAAwaiting official verification
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — B.alotaby — CC BY-SA 4.0
SyriaAsia · SYAwaiting official verification
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Damascus, Syria — See above. — CC BY-SA 3.0
TürkiyeAsia · TRAwaiting official verification
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Ankara, Türkiye — Jorge Franganillo from Barcelona, Spain — CC BY 2.0
United Arab EmiratesAsia · AEAwaiting official verification
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Валерий Дед — CC BY 3.0
YemenAsia · YEAbout the photographs on this page
16 of the countries on this page have a curated destination photograph. The rest show a neutral image and their national flag, so no photo is ever presented as somewhere it is not.