<Dd> a . ^ ^ Jerusalem is the proclaimed capital of Israel and the actual location of the Knesset, Israeli Supreme Court, and other governmental institutions of Israel . Ramallah is the actual location of the government of Palestine, whereas the proclaimed capital of Palestine is East Jerusalem, which is disputed . </Dd> <Dd> b . ^ Controlled by the Houthis due to the ongoing war . Seat of government moved to Aden . </Dd> <P> Various concepts are often being paralleled to Middle East, most notably Near East, Fertile Crescent and the Levant . Near East, Levant and Fertile Crescent are geographic concepts, which refer to large sections of the modern defined Middle East, with Near East being the closest to Middle East in its geographic meaning . Due to it primarily being Arabic speaking, the Maghreb region of North Africa is sometimes included . </P> <P> The countries of the South Caucasus--Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia--are occasionally included in definitions of the Middle East . </P>

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