Current Events in the Middle East (Crossword Puzzle)

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A crossword puzzle utilizing names, places and events relevant in the Middle East.

This crossword puzzle uses names, events and place names relevant to current events in the Middle East. It is by no means meant to triviliaze any of the events presently occuring, or push forward any particular agenda. Rather, this crossword puzzle might serve to familiarize the reader with critical elements of ongoing events in the Middle East.
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3.Interprets the Iranian constitution and may veto the Iranian parliament. (18)
8.Set up as a peace keeping force in 1978 (6)
9.Began as the Gaza Wing of the Muslim Brotherhood (5)
11.The only non-Arab, non-Muslim country that does not accept Israeli passports. (10)
13.The President of Lebanon must belong to this religious group (16)
14.Israel claims it's Syrian territory; Hezbollah and Syria assert its Lebanese. (11)
17.Hezbollah envoy to Iran (16)
19.Present Secretary-General of the United Nations (9)
22.The present prime minister of Iraq (13)
25.The Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament must belong to this religious group (10)
27.The 1967 War between Israel, Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan (9)
28.Justice Minister of Israel (9)
29.The ideology which supports the establishment of a Jewish homeland (7)

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1.The 1973 War between Israel, Syria and Egypt (12)
2.He was trained as an ophthalmologist before becoming President of Syria (13)
4.A light-water nuclear materials testing reactor bombed by Israel in 1981 (6)
5.The popular name given to the 2005 Lebanese Anti-Syrian movement (15)
6.The Israeli corporal being held captive by Hamas (11)
7.The Prime Minister of Lebanon must belong to this religious group (11)
10.A heavily armored armored personnel carrier manufactured by the Israeli Defence Forces Corps of Ordnance. (8)
12.Also known as the Syrian Heights, captured by Israel in 1967 (12)
15.The Mukataa here served as the headquarters of Yasser Arafat. (8)
16.The name of the Israeli Operation consisting of the heavy bombardment of Hamas targets (11)
18.A simple home-made steel rocket filled with explosives, produced by the Palestinian Hamas movement (6)
20.The political party of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (6)
21.The present president of Iraq (13)
23.River in Lebanon (6)
24.The legislature of Israel (7)
26.Third largest city of Israel (5)
30.Literally translates from Arabic as "shaking off." (8)
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