Middle East Crisis Crossword

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  1. 4. Islamist group behind the 9/11 attacks.
  2. 8. Brutal 1980–1988 conflict between two neighboring countries.
  3. 9. Major ally of Assad’s government.
  4. 11. Small nation invaded by Iraq in 1990.
  5. 14. Dictator removed in 2003 (last name)
  6. 16. Long, devastating conflict that began with protests against Bashar al-Assad.
  7. 17. Egyptian leader during the Suez Crisis(last name)
  8. 19. leader of al-Qaeda
Down
  1. 1. President of Syria (last name)
  2. 2. Country where the Arab Spring began.
  3. 3. 1979 overthrow of the Shah that created an Islamic Republic.
  4. 5. 1991 conflict that expelled Iraq from Kuwait.
  5. 6. America invaded Iraq in 2003 because they thought they had weapons of ___ __________
  6. 7. Crisis that began when Egypt nationalized a major waterway in 1956.
  7. 10. Country invaded in 2001 for harboring al-Qaeda.
  8. 12. Terrorist organization that rose during the Iraq War and Syrian War.
  9. 13. group that harbored al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
  10. 15. Weapons used by Iraq during the Iran–Iraq War.
  11. 18. Protest wave beginning in Tunisia that spread across the Arab world.