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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America’s Response Washington must recognize Beijing as a competing power in the Middle East.
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
In March of that year, as swarms of the butterflies appeared in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, the citizen scientists netted butterfly samples, then preserved them in an alcohol mixture and shipped them to Talavera’s lab.
—Saugat Bolakhe, JSTOR Daily, 23 Jan. 2025
The Houthis – one side of Yemen’s civil war that has raged for more than a decade – played an outsized role during the past year of conflicts in the Middle East.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Beyond Gaza, the situation in the Middle East has gone through considerable changes since Trump was last president.
—Ian Pannell, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
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Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
In March of that year, as swarms of the butterflies appeared in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, the citizen scientists netted butterfly samples, then preserved them in an alcohol mixture and shipped them to Talavera’s lab.
—Saugat Bolakhe, JSTOR Daily, 23 Jan. 2025
The Houthis – one side of Yemen’s civil war that has raged for more than a decade – played an outsized role during the past year of conflicts in the Middle East.
—Christian Edwards, CNN, 22 Jan. 2025
Beyond Gaza, the situation in the Middle East has gone through considerable changes since Trump was last president.
—Ian Pannell, ABC News, 22 Jan. 2025
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“The Middle East.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Middle%20East. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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