- Aleppo is there - Aleppo's country - Aleppo’s country - Arab land - Arab republic - Bring back airs around start of year in Middle East country - Damascus is there
- Baghdad is there - Baghdad’s country - Basra is there - Country in Western Asia - Country whose capital is Baghdad - Egyptian sun god involved in intelligence in present-day Mesopotamia - Gershwin gets first Quran from Gulf nation
- A country in the Middle East - Country - Country of the Middle East - Disraeli dismissed leader of Tel Aviv - Foreign country - Haifa is there - Hebrew nation
- Middle Eastern country - Oil-rich country - Persian Gulf nation - Persian Gulf sheikdom - Said to queue, “Wait for Gulf state” - State bordering Iraq
- Baghdad citizen - Baghdad native - Basra citizen Gershwin found quite intriguing initially - From Baghdad - From Basra or Kirkuk - IQ Ari uses to show backward Saddam compatriot - IRA queue? Aye, heard one from Baghdad
- Asian country - Israel’s neighbour - Middle Eastern country - Republic in W Asia - The French had ban on this source of cedar - The French prohibition on land of fragrant cedar - W Asian republic