| Arab (n.) One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc. |
| Arab-Israeli War / Six-Day War / Six Day War tension between Arabs and Israeli erupted into a brief war in June , Israel emerged as a major power in the Middle East |
| Arab-Israeli War Yom Kippur War Egypt and Syria attacked Israel in October (on Yom Kippur), Israel counterattacked and drove the Syrians back and crossed the Suez Canal into Egypt |
| Arabian / Arab a spirited graceful and intelligent riding horse native to Arabia |
| Fatah Revolutionary Council / Fatah-RC / Abu Nidal Organization / ANO / Arab Revolutionary Brigades / Black September / Revolutionary Organization of Socialist Muslims a Palestinian international terrorist organization that split from the PLO in , has conducted terrorist attacks incountries, "in the s the Fatah-RC was considered the most dangerous and murderous Palestinian terror group" |
| Arab League an international organization of independent Arab states formed in to promote cultural and economic and military and political and social cooperation |
| Berbers / Arab-Berbers an ethnic minority descended from Berbers and Arabs and living in northern Africa |
| Egypt / Arab Republic of Egypt / United Arab Republic a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until , site of an ancient civilization that flourished from toBC |
| Libya / Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean, consists almost entirely of desert, a major exporter of petroleum |
| Syria / Syrian Arab Republic an Asian republic in the Middle East at the east end of the Mediterranean, site of some of the world's most ancient centers of civilization |
| United Arab Emirates a federation of seven Arab emirates on the eastern Arabian peninsula, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in , rich in oil reserves |