Editing Middle East

The '''Middle East''' is a term for the various desert countries situated in the meeting point between the [[Africa]]n and [[Asia]]n continents. Countries located there include [[Egypt]], [[Jordan]], [[Iran]], [[Iraq]], [[Israel]], [[Turkey]], [[Qatar]], and [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]]. The area is noted for its high concentration of [[oil]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
The Decepticons collaborated with [[Ali (Sunbow)|an usurper]] in an unnamed nation in stealing a number of planes, intending to use them to create a drone army to seize the region's [[oil]] fields and [[Giant Purple Griffin|a big frikkin' griffin robot]] to do... something. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] and [[Jumal|Prince Jumal]] thwarted this brilliant plan. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

In 2005, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] hid out in Carbombya. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} 

Later, [[Octane]] and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] went to hide in Carbombya and use its oil, with Octane planning to use the refueled Trypticon against [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], while providing (bad) coastal defence of the nation to keep the Carbombyans sweet. Eventually, Carbombya's ruler [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]] started getting the Decepticons to ''steal famous buildings'' for him ''to create a tourist trade''. When other Decepticons turned up and simply took over the country, Fakkadi had to call in the Autobots, who made him promise to never ally with the Decepticons again. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
The Decepticon [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]] attacked a Middle Eastern [[oil refinery]] to lure the Autobots into a trap. It worked! (But the trap didn't) {{storylink|Overlord - Terror of the Chōkon Tornado}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
====Two for the Price of One====
[[NATO]] carried a peacekeeping operation in Carbombya, under the command of [[Joseph Bergstrum]]. {{storylink|Two for the Price of One}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
Thundercracker and Skywarp, disguised as American F-22 jets, took out the El Jira power plant in an unspecified nation, as part of the Decepticon strategy of provoking human conflicts. {{storylink|Escalation issue 2}}

===Live-action film series continuity===
====''Transformers'' film====
The American [[SOCCENT Forward Operations Base]] in [[Qatar]] was an early target, being assaulted by [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] who hacked its data and wiped out the entire base. A few surviving soldiers under [[William Lennox]] and local civilian [[Mahfouz]] were hunted down by [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], almost being exterminated (along with a local village) before reinforcements [[Bring the rain|brought the rain]]. 

Scorponok was still there after the destruction of the [[AllSpark]], {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}} but he later ended up in [[Egypt]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

====IDW movie comics====
The Decepticons landed in Afghanistan, destroying a military convoy and assaulting [[Bargam Airbase]] while looking for information on Megatron. [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] was offlined and captured by the humans here. {{storylink|Planetfall (Movie)|Planetfall}}

Decepticon reinforcement [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]] made his landing in the Middle East. He scanned his alternate mode at a nearby US air base before destroying it... Jesus Christ, do the Decepticons have it in for the USA's bases in general, they rarely even ''look'' at anyone else's military bases... {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}

====Titan movie comics====
[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and a US Army Ranger team combed the Qatar deserts for Scorponok. The Decepticon managed to hack into Ironhide and make him attack the soldiers for a bit, but they eventually exterminated him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 8|Scorpion Sting}}

====Toy bios====
A not-actually-dead [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] escaped to the Middle East and converted himself to solar power. He now lies in wait, attacking human convoys and armoured columns... well, because he ''can'', basically. {{storylink|Brawl (Movie)#Leader Class toys|Deep Desert Brawl}}

At the same time, an abandoned Scorponok is trying to hide out in the empty deserts, but is being grimly pursued by [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Scorponok (Movie)#Legends Class toys|Legends Scorponok}}

==Games==
====Transformers The Game====
Blackout and Scorponok attacked a SOCCENT Forward Base in Qatar and had a massive battle, only for it to turn out to be ''completely pointless''. So they went home again. 

====Transformers: Decepticons====
Once ''again'' Qatar is attacked, with [[Create-A-Bot (Decepticon)|Create-A-Bot]] leading Blackout and Brawl in a massive assault on human forces there. Create-A-Bot took on the human troops and Brawl held off reinforcenments, while Blackout, under fire, hacked data from buildings and took out satellites. Then they fought off Autobots and won! HIGH SCORE! {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons}}

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