Middle East Crossword

4. Ruler.
5. Run without religious influence.
9. The systematic killing or intentional destruction of a people.
10. Comprises a country's basic support facilities.
12. The statement made by Arthur Balfour in 1917 of British support for the setting up of a national home for the Jews in Palestine.
16. A member of a movement to promote the establishment of an independent Jewish state.
18. A set of religious beliefs based on a strict interpretation of a sacred text.
21. Independence.

1. The extension of the desert landscape through the activities of people and livestock as well as climatic changes.
2. A severe restriction on trade with other countries.
3. Process that preserves precious water resources.
6. Process of removing salt from seawater for drinking and irrigation.
7. The language of Iran.
8. The right to decide their own political future.
11. A rich topsoil found in the Russian steppes and other mid-latitude grasslands.
13. Conservative religious leaders.
14. An arc of rich land.
15. Referred to land to be governed by an outside power on behalf of the league of nations until it was ready for independence.
17. The desire of a cultural group to rule themselves as a separate nation.
18. Ancient system of underground and surface canals.
19. Lawlessness.
20. Citizen army.