Middle East Crossword

5. water body north of Qatar
6. capital and largest city in Egypt
8. small, oil-rich country invaded by Saddam Hussein in the 1990s, borders on Persian Gulf
9. Damascus is its capital
11. city located at about 31 45' N, 35 15' E
15. Jordan's capital
16. small country east of Algeria, west of Libya
21. city located at the mouth of the Nile
22. Egyptian canal connecting the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea
23. strait between Spain and Morocco
25. a small chunk of Azerbaijan is located inside this country, its worst enemy!
26. country located north of the Gulf of Aden
28. to get from Turkey to Syria, which direction should you travel?
31. Iran's capital and largest city
32. "colored" Sea west of Saudi Arabia
34. former Soviet republic near the Black and Caspian Sea with a familiar name
36. the Tropic of Cancer runs through this Omani city
37. Israel's neighbor to the north

1. country which comes closest to touching Spain
2. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers flow through this country
3. "colored" sea north of Turkey
4. the holy Islamic cities of Mecca and Medina are located in this country
7. Lebanon's capital
10. salty sea between Israel and Jordan
12. Moroccan mountains
13. desert spanning from Mauritania to Egypt
14. Ankara is this country's capital
17. Egyptian peninsula which protrudes into the Red Sea
18. to get to United Arab Emirates from Muscat, which direction should you travel?
19. small island country near Qatar in the Persian Gulf
20. water body east of Azerbaijan
24. capital and largest city in Iraq
27. to get from Israel to Jordan, which direction should you travel?
29. Iran's "stan" neighbor to the north
30. country which lies west of Egypt
33. Iran's unstable neighbor to the east
35. island nation south of Turkey