Near East vs Al-Iraq

Near East and Al-Iraq both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Near East	Yes	No	No	No
Al-Iraq	Yes	No	No	No

Near East (noun)	Al-Iraq (noun)
the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century	a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq