World Cup 2026: More MENA countries competing than ever before

The twenty twenty-six World Cup will feature more Middle Eastern and North African teams than any previous tournament—a historic milestone for the region. But geopolitical tensions complicate the event: the host nation and one of the competing countries are currently at war, an unprecedented situation in World Cup history. According to France 24.

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