Syria Crossword Puzzle

1. Also known as the Turkish Empire.
6. A political movement that is a form of American conservatism.
8. Political party in Syria calling for unification of the Arab world.
9. A city in southwestern Syria that borders Jordan.
12. A specialist in Islamic studies.
13. The largest country in the world by area.
15. A country also known as Persia.
16. The northernmost country in Africa.
18. A series of anti-government protests, uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across much of the Arab world.
19. An Arab ethno religious group that live primarily in the Levant and follow Atawism.
20. A country that has been inhabited by Berbers since the stone age.

2. The movement of people fleeing out of Syria.
3. A rebel group founded by the United States in 2015 operating in eastern Syria.
4. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
5. 30 million people who share a language, religion, and culture, divided between four countries: Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria
7. An improvised bomb made from a large barrel-shaped metal container.
10. Civilian gunmen fighting for Assad.
11. An Iraqi militant who was the first caliph of the Islamic State from 2014 until his death.
14. The largest country in the Middle east.
17. Most remembered for the brutal slaughter of 30,000 people in the city of Hana in 1982.