The Southeastern European region is comprised of Italy, Greece and Turkey. The Middle Eastern region is comprised of countries near the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea including Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, etc., and countries in North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Morocco, etc.
exterminate definition: Exterminate is defined as to destroy completely, or kill. (verb) Having a pest-control service kill the ants in your home is an example of exterminate. ...
To kill all of a population, usually deliberate and especially applied to pests. We'll use poison to exterminate the rats. (figuratively) To bring a definite end to, finish completely. A rather strong word that implies that what has been ended won't resurface. Even a mass birching at the public school failed to exterminate truancy.