Middle Eastern nation (6)
I believe the answer is:
kuwait
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">middle eastern nation</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(country in the Middle East)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for kuwait that I've seen before include "Country invaded by Iraq" , "nation" , "monarchy" , "Gulf state" , "in Middle East" .)