the Red Crescent

noun

: an organization in Islamic countries that helps people who are suffering because of a war or natural disaster

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The propaganda video shows captive Guy Gilboa-Dalal in a car in several locations in Gaza City, including outside the Red Crescent headquarters. Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025 Actors speak and react to Rajab’s own desperate voice, while the film, set wholly within the Red Crescent’s beigely neutral offices, conjures a fraught ticking-clock atmosphere as precious minutes of inaction pass by. Guy Lodge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025 The head of their office, Mahdi (Amer Hlehel), must figure out a safe route for medic Youssef Zaïno and driver Ahmed Madhoun, the Red Crescent’s only remaining ambulance team in Gaza’s northern region. Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025 Smoke rises from an area near the Red Crescent building in Tehran after an Israeli airstrike Wednesday. Sara Monetta, NBC news, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Red Crescent

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“The Red Crescent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Red%20Crescent. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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