Mideast hot spot (4)
I believe the answer is:
iraq
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">mideast hot spot</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for iraq that I've seen before include "Present-day site of Mesopotamia" , "Country with WMD once?" , "Baghdad's country" , "Middle-Eastern state" , "troubled state" .)