Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- An area comprising the countries of southwest Asia and northeast Africa. In the 20th century the region has been the continuing scene of political and economic turmoil.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
Examples
“AFTER THE TRAGIC ASSASSINATION of Anwar Sadat in October 1981, the future of the Middle East became even murkier, while the clouds of war that had hung over Lebanon began to grow darker with each day.”
“The accounts we have heard from witnesses to events in Talkalakh paint a deeply disturbing picture of systematic, targeted abuses to crush dissent, said Philip Luther, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa deputy director.”
The Guardian: Syrian violence may be crime against humanity, says Amnesty
“It's not over, but we are in an ugly situation now, said Christopher Davidson, a lecturer on Middle East and Gulf affairs at Britain's Durham University.”
“The Middle East was one of those remote but important stages of the world where, during the late twentieth century, a miscalculation or mis-judgment could lead to World War III.”
“OUR HOPE THAT THE EVACUATION of PLO forces from Lebanon would mark the beginning of a new and comprehensive peace process and a first step toward a final resolution of the great problems bedeviling the Middle East went up in the smoke of a terrorist bomb three weeks after the PLO forces left Beirut.”
“No matter what happens, countries gripped or just touched by the Arab Spring will never go back to what they were, said Marina Ottaway, director of the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.”
“Bahrain is crucial to Saudi national interest and Riyadh will provide it with all they have to show they are committed to preserving the rule of the Khalifas, said Ayham Kamel, a Middle East analyst at the Eurasia Group in Washington.”
“Saudi Arabia wants dialogue since confrontation is not the Saudi way of dealing with things, said Marina Ottoway, director of the Middle East Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.”
“It is likely that the John tradition survived independently in the Middle East through the ancestors of the Mandaeans and the Nosairi, yet we know that it appears in Europe centuries later.”
“He insisted that McFarlane, his own deputy, be appointed as the new Middle East envoy when Philip Habib stepped down.”
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