the Middle East
noun
: the countries of northern Africa and southwestern Asia that are on or near the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea : the Near East
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Barham spoke calmly during the public comments section, saying that Siblani has sympathized with groups in the Middle East Barham said are violent.
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Its nuclear dimension raises the risk of a nuclear war in the Middle East at a time when the region is rocked by instability and conflict spanning Israel, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria in particular.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
An extermination of the brutes in the Middle East, presided over by Obama’s successors, has been followed by a swift cancellation by Trumpian decree of the postracial age.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Israel’s government feels emboldened by the United States imposing no red lines on its conduct throughout the two years of its war in Gaza or elsewhere in the Middle East.
—Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
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Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Its nuclear dimension raises the risk of a nuclear war in the Middle East at a time when the region is rocked by instability and conflict spanning Israel, Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and Syria in particular.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
An extermination of the brutes in the Middle East, presided over by Obama’s successors, has been followed by a swift cancellation by Trumpian decree of the postracial age.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Israel’s government feels emboldened by the United States imposing no red lines on its conduct throughout the two years of its war in Gaza or elsewhere in the Middle East.
—Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
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