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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The heckling shows that tensions about the previous administration's handling of tensions in the Middle East remain.
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Jordon and Beckvold each spent a year in Kabul, and went onto separate paths teaching music across the Middle East and South Asia for the next several years, before returning home.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Fagin is a career diplomat who has served as ambassador to Yemen since 2022 and has an extensive portfolio with experience in the Middle East.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2025
As Hollywood has grown more outspoken in recent months about the situation in the Middle East, the challenges of convincing its distributors — the lifelines that can take movies from obscurity to national recognition — remain.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
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Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Jordon and Beckvold each spent a year in Kabul, and went onto separate paths teaching music across the Middle East and South Asia for the next several years, before returning home.
—Vidushi Mishti Sharma, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
Fagin is a career diplomat who has served as ambassador to Yemen since 2022 and has an extensive portfolio with experience in the Middle East.
—Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2025
As Hollywood has grown more outspoken in recent months about the situation in the Middle East, the challenges of convincing its distributors — the lifelines that can take movies from obscurity to national recognition — remain.
—Rebecca Keegan, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
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“The Middle East.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Middle%20East. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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