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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Units remain stretched across the Middle East amid the war with Iran.
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Steven Beynon, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
This hostile relationship between journalists and a presidential administration is only part of the story about what is or isn’t happening on the ground in Iran and the Middle East.
—Andrea Hickerson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
Anutin Charnvirakul won a parliamentary vote Thursday for a new term as Thailand’s prime minister, clearing the way for the conservative politician to form a cabinet that faces the immediate challenge of managing the fallout from the war in the Middle East.
—Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Bloomberg, 19 Mar. 2026
The molten fireballs and belching smoke over the Middle East early Thursday signaled a dramatic escalation in the Iran war — and its threat to the global economy.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
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Steven Beynon, ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026
This hostile relationship between journalists and a presidential administration is only part of the story about what is or isn’t happening on the ground in Iran and the Middle East.
—Andrea Hickerson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
Anutin Charnvirakul won a parliamentary vote Thursday for a new term as Thailand’s prime minister, clearing the way for the conservative politician to form a cabinet that faces the immediate challenge of managing the fallout from the war in the Middle East.
—Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Bloomberg, 19 Mar. 2026
The molten fireballs and belching smoke over the Middle East early Thursday signaled a dramatic escalation in the Iran war — and its threat to the global economy.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
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