the Middle East

剑桥词典

the area from the eastern Mediterranean to Iran, including Syria, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq, and sometimes also Egypt
中東（指從地中海東部至伊朗這一區域，包括敘利亞、約旦、以色列、黎巴嫩、沙特阿拉伯、伊朗和伊拉尅，有時也包括埃及）
He worked in the Middle East for ten years . 他在中東工作了10年。
比較
the Far East 返回 the Middle East