the Near East

noun

: the countries of northern Africa and southwestern Asia that are on or near the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea

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The problem is compounded because aid groups, especially the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, known as UNRWA, have had their movements restricted by Israel and their facilities and staff hit in the fighting. —Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2024

Estimates of displacement and people in Rafah come from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East. —Cate Brown, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024

Last month, the UNRWA for Palestine Refugees in the Near East confirmed the content of an Israeli dossier that stated 12 of its workers participated in the Hamas terror invasion. —Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024

Nine countries have paused future funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East amid an investigation into allegations some workers participated in the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. —Beatrice Guzzardi, NBC News, 28 Jan. 2024

The success of this discovery, as reported in a press release, can be attributed to chicken bones that were excavated from 140 archaeological sites across Europe and the Near East. —Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2023

This is more than six times the city’s population before Oct. 7, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. —NBC News, 18 Feb. 2024

Before the war, 500 trucks were being sent to Gaza, according to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA. —Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2024

For the first time since the U.N.’s membership voted it into existence in 1949, the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East is in a fight for its survival. —The Editors, National Review, 31 Jan. 2024