Eastern Mediterranean area
I believe the answer is:
levant
'eastern mediterranean area' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for levant that I've seen before include "Area in the Middle East, includes the historic areas of Palestine, Israel and Syria" , "Med. east coast area; abscond" , "Geographical area of the eastern Mediterranean" , "Mediterranean region" , "Formerly countries of the eastern Mediterranean" .)