What is the capital city of the Middle East?

Here are the capitals of each of these nations:

Turkey – Ankara
Cyprus – Nicosia
Lebanon – Beirut
Syria – Damascus
Israel – Tel Aviv (Gov’t)/Jerusalem (Official)
Jordan – Amman
Egypt – Cairo
Saudi Arabia – Riyadh
Yemen – Sana’a
Oman – Muscat
UAE – Abu Dhabi
Qatar – Doha
Bahrain – Manama
Kuwait – Kuwait City
Iraq – Baghdad
Iran – Tehran

I should also note that while this map doesn’t recognize it, 135 nations of the UN recognize the state of Palestine, which has a government capital of Ramallah and an official capital of East Jerusalem.

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