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Nasiriya

(Encyclopedia)Nasiriya: see An Nasiriyah, Iraq. ...

Najaf

(Encyclopedia)Najaf: see An Najaf, Iraq.

Hillah

(Encyclopedia)Hillah: see Al Hillah, Iraq.

Al Basrah

(Encyclopedia)Al Basrah: see Basra, Iraq.

Ramadi

(Encyclopedia)Ramadi: see Ar Ramadi, Iraq.

Nejef

(Encyclopedia)Nejef: see An Najaf, Iraq.

Pan-Arabism

(Encyclopedia)Pan-Arabism, general term for the modern movement for political unification among the Arab nations of the Middle East. Since the Ottoman Turks rose to power in the 14th cent., there have been stirring...

Kut-el-Amara

(Encyclopedia)Kut-el-Amara: see Al Kut, Iraq.

Syria

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Syria sērˈēə [key], officially Syrian Arab Republic, republic (2015 est. pop. 18,735,000), 71,467 sq mi (185,100 sq km), W Asia. It borders on Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea in the west,...

Yazidi

(Encyclopedia)Yazidi or Yezidi Middle Eastern religious community whose beliefs incorporate elements of Zoroastrianism, Sufism, Christianity, Manichaeism, and Judaism. Its members, numbering between 200,000 and one...