Sentence examples for levant the from inspiring English sources

Isil is short for Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, the description used by British security agency MI5.

The Dune's Twisted Edge, Journeys in the Levant (The University of Chicago Press) is by Gabriel Levin, better known as a poet.

Its name is derived from Levant, the land at the eastern end of the Mediterranean, and refers to the wind's easterly direction.

The Greeks' dalliance with Russia has the potential to undermine Western security, creating a large corridor of vulnerability through the Balkans, the Levant, the Middle East and Caucasus.

Despite all the exhilarating and disturbing changes in Egypt and the Levant, the center of gravity of the region has moved to the Gulf.

With the gradual loss of Roman territory in Asia and the rise of Arabian power in the Levant, the Silk Road became increasingly unsafe and untraveled.

The Iberian Peninsula in the West and the Levant in the East preserve signals of secondary spreads.

The strongest increase (more than 2 months) appears over the Levant and the North African coast, approaching the conditions experienced in the Gulf region during the reference period.

The island's international contacts extended from the Aegean Sea to the Levant and the Nile River delta.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) The undefined region around Syria is historically referred to as the Levant; it includes Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, and Jordan.

There are brief references to the Qedar in the writings of Western travellers to the Levant in the 19th century.