Originally Posted by
BrewerSEA
You're misinterpreting the phrasing. The named countries are to clarify which nations that are often not considered geographically part of Europe and the Middle East are considered such for the purposes of the Oneworld Explorer. For example, Libya and Sudan are geographically in Africa but are in Euro/ME for the purposes of this fare. Kazakhstan is in Asia, but is considered Euro/ME for this fare as well. Italy and Jordan, for example, are not listed as they are unambiguously located in Europe and the Middle East, respectively.
Faced with this challenge I updated the OneWorld map last year - don't think it's changed since - click through for a larger version.