Back Noel to get round prohibition in the Middle East (7)
I believe the answer is:
lebanon
'in the middle east' is the definition.
('Lebanon' is part of 'middle east')
'back noel to get round prohibition' is the wordplay.
'back' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'to get round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'prohibition' becomes 'ban' (ban is a kind of prohibition).
'noel' written backwards gives 'leon'.
'leon' placed around 'ban' is 'LEBANON'.
(Other definitions for lebanon that I've seen before include "far from home here" , "E. Mediterranean nation" , "Middle East country" , "Country associated with cedar trees" , "Republic on Mediterranean" .)