Across
- 4. important sources of fresh water; especially for Jordan and Israel, a natural boundary between Israel and Jordan
- 5. a strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
- 8. A body of water east of the Arabian peninsula that separates Arabia from Iran.
- 10. A human-made waterway, which was opened in 1869, connecting the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
Down
- 1. a river in Southwest Asia from central Turkey through Syria and into Iraq
- 2. a coastal region at the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean bordering Israel and Egypt
- 3. a river in Southwest Asia, flowing Southeast from East Turkey through Syria and Iraq
- 6. This body of water separates the Arabian Peninsula from Africa.
- 7. A Muslim country, bordering Iraq on the north. It is a critical U.S. ally in the region. The people are Muslim, but they are NOT Arab. Like Iraq and Iran, they also have a Kurd minority within their borders.
- 9. the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, between Arabia and India. under Oman
