Related Clues:

• Like more than half the population of 17-Across
• Syrian, e.g.
• U.A.E. part
• Saddam, for one
• Syrian or Yemeni
• Speedy horse
• Dhow sailor, typically
• Certain Algerian
• Steed breed
• Man from Medina
• League founded in 1945
• Many a Middle Easterner
• Gulf States resident
• Mideast resident
• Nasser, for one