Yemen

Regions:

1. Northern Yemen

• • • Sana’a (official national capital) – Old Sana’a: Bab al-Yaman Gate, Ghumdan Fortress, and Great Mosque of Sana’a

2. Socotra Island

• • • Socotra Island’s dragon blood trees

3. Aden Region (Southern Yemen)

• • • Aden (temporary national capital)

4. Hadramawt Region (Eastern Yemen/South Arabia)

• • • Mukalla

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Oman

• • • Muscat (national capital)
    • Musandam Peninsula

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United Arab Emirates

• • • Abu Dhabi (national capital)
    • Dubai – Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab Jumeirah, Palm Jumeirah, Bastakia (Old Dubai), Dubai Creek, Dubai Marina

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Qatar

• • • Doha (national capital) – Corniche

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Bahrain

• • • Manama (national capital) – Bahrain World Trade Center

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Kuwait

• • • Kuwait City (national capital)

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Saudi Arabia

Historic Regions of Saudi Arabia:

1. Nejd (Central Saudi Arabia)

• • • Riyadh (national capital) – Masmak Fortress

2. Hejaz (Western Saudi Arabia)

• • • Mecca/Makkah (Great Mosque of Kaaba; only Muslim visitors)
    • Medina (capital of the first caliphate; only Muslim visitors in city center)
    • Taif (historic summer capital)
    • Jeddah (Red Sea city)

3. Asir (Southern Saudi Arabia)

• • • Zee Ain (Thee Ain)
    • Rijal Alma ancient villages

4. Rub’ al Khali (Empty Quarter)

• • • Empty Quarter Desert

5. Hasa (Eastern Saudi Arabia)

• • • Gulf Coast

6. Shammar (Northern Saudi Arabia)

• • • Madain Saleh Nabataean ruins

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Iraq

Regions:

1. Lower Mesopotamia

• • • Basra, Ur (Sumerian) – Great Ziggurat of Ur
    • Babylon ruins
    • Mudhif Houses

2. Iraqi Al-Jazīrah (Upper Mesopotamia)

• • • Mosul – Nineveh (Assyrian Empire ancient capital)
    • Ashur (Assyrian Empire ancient capital – a World Heritage Site)

3. Iraqi Kurdistan (Northern Iraq)

• • • Erbil (Arbil/Irbil)

4. Baghdad Region (Sunni Triangle)

• • • Baghdad (national capital)
    • Fallujah
    • Ramadi
    • Tikrit
    • Ctesiphon (Parthian and Sassanid Empires ancient capital)

5. Iraqi Desert

• • • Ar Rutba