SW Asia Crossword Championship

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Across
  1. 1. Hussein Dictator of Iraq removed from power.
  2. 5. Government run by religious leaders.
  3. 6. Ethnic group seeking their own nation.
  4. 9. Jewish state created in 1948.
  5. 10. Religion founded by Muhammad.
  6. 12. Pride and desire for a group’s own nation.
  7. 13. Territory ruled by another country after WWI.
  8. 14. Branch of Islam favoring Muhammad’s family.
  9. 15. Land east of Israel that remains disputed today.
  10. 19. Arab region disputed with Israel.
  11. 20. Man-made waterway linking the Red Sea and Mediterranean.
  12. 21. Empire that ruled the Middle East before WWI.
  13. 24. Largest branch of Islam.
  14. 25. Mass killing of Jews during WWII.
  15. 26. 1917 British statement supporting a Jewish homeland in Palestine.
  16. 29. 2003 U.S. invasion that removed Saddam Hussein.
  17. 31. Strategic land captured by Israel from Syria in 1967.
  18. 33. 1993 peace deal between Israel and the PLO.
  19. 34. Religion based on Jesus’s teachings.
  20. 36. Small oil-rich nation invaded by Iraq in 1990.
  21. 37. 1991 war after Iraq invaded Kuwait.
  22. 38. Religion of the Jewish people.
Down
  1. 2. Belief in one God.
  2. 3. Area claimed by the Kurdish people.
  3. 4. 1978 peace agreement between Egypt and Israel.
  4. 7. Extremist rulers of Afghanistan.
  5. 8. Holy city for three major religions.
  6. 11. Movement to create a Jewish homeland.
  7. 16. U.S. war to remove the Taliban after 9/11.
  8. 17. Storm 1991 war to free Kuwait from Iraq.
  9. 18. Islam’s holiest city, destination of pilgrimage.
  10. 19. Dividing land after WWI, creating new borders.
  11. 22. Palestinian Liberation Organization seeking self-rule.
  12. 23. City where Muhammad first gathered followers.
  13. 24. Becoming an independent country.
  14. 27. Person forced to flee their home.
  15. 28. Right to self-rule.
  16. 30. Terrorist group behind 9/11 attacks.
  17. 32. 1967 conflict where Israel gained new territories.
  18. 35. 1973 surprise attack on Israel during a Jewish holy day.