Are "Middle East" and "Persian Gulf" interchangeable terms?

Question

Are "Middle East" and "Persian Gulf" interchangeable terms?

Answer 1

No, because some of the Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Palestine/Israel, Jordan and Egypt are not in the Persian Gulf.

Answer 2

No they are not.

Answer 3

to make it simpl the Persian Gulf is just a part of the Middle East.

Answer 4

If you are referringto them as areas on a map just like  President George H. W. Bush did when he was in office then the answer is "Yes".   But most ofthe people do know that the correct response is a "NO".

Answer 5

No

Persian Gulf is located in a region where some Middle Eastern countries such as Iran, UAE, KSA, Iraq, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar are there.

But there are other Middle Eastern countries such as Lebanon, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, etc. which aren't located in Persian Gulf area...

Take a look at here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East

Answer 6

Not really, although I don't think there is any one hard and fast definition of Middle East, I would have included countries that do not have Persian Gulf coastlines, such as Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Jordan, Israel, Palestine etc. I think the IATA definition stretches out to include Afghanistan and Pakistan.