Possible Clues:

• In hearing, one safely securing capital
• Burbank -- a rather gripping city
• Capital in bank a racketeer deposited
• Thank Arabs abandoning outskirts in Middle-Eastern city
• City ESE of Istanbul
• A capital rank Arab holds
• Capital midway between Haifa and Odessa
• Capital north of Cyprus
• Capital invested in bank? A racket!
• Alaaddin Mosque setting