Global Affairs: Middle East

Clues in this puzzle

Across

• A naval unit like the Kurdistan, targeted in Bandar Abbas. (5)
• The low-cost combat drone making its debut in the Iranian theater. (5)
• The new name in Damascus after the fall of a decades-old dynasty. (6)
• A linear dream or a desert mirage in the Tabuk Province. (4)
• Party that is weakened but not out, still holding the line in Lebanon. (9)
• The European city where technical talks were meant to resume. (6)
• A commander whose name means thunder, silenced in a Beirut strike. (4)
• The southern seat where transitional forces eye a formal split. (4)
• A tight squeeze for twenty percent of global crude flows. (6)

Down

• The Western broker aiming for a second phase in Gaza while striking the East. (5)
• A fragile silence that everyone wants but few truly trust. (9)
• The long-serving leader navigating a multi-front storm. (9)
• A city in Syria's eastern desert where shadow forces regroup. (4)
• The other energy giant flowing through the world's most watched strait. (3)

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