the Mideast
noun
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: 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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In the Mideast, there is also a blueprint for breakthrough.
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Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
Everywhere in the Mideast the bad guys have lost or are on their backs.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
The attacks happened under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has led Israel through the Mideast wars since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
At a time when the west’s global and regional rivals have been relentlessly expanding their influence in Europe, the Mideast and far east, circumstances keep cropping up to break that expansion - and the West keeps missing the chance.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
Everywhere in the Mideast the bad guys have lost or are on their backs.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
The attacks happened under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has led Israel through the Mideast wars since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people and saw 250 others taken hostage.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
At a time when the west’s global and regional rivals have been relentlessly expanding their influence in Europe, the Mideast and far east, circumstances keep cropping up to break that expansion - and the West keeps missing the chance.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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“The Mideast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Mideast. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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