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This strategic location extends from Turkey on the west to Iran on the east, and from Azerbaijan in the north to Iraq in the south.

• Countries: Armenia*, Azerbaijan*, Georgia, Iran*, Iraq*, Turkey*.

• Religions: This area is predominately Muslim (over 90 percent) except for Armenia and Jordan where a largely Christian percentage exists.

• Ethnicity: Indo-European, Turkic and Kurd are the largest people groups of this area.

• Prayer Focus: Pray that the hindrances of Islamist popularity and religious restrictions be changed through a government accountable to its people and the spread of the gospel
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*Denotes a "Creative Access" or closed country.