Arabian Peninsula

Yemen

Regions:

Old Sana'a (Photo: amyfeldtmann.com) — Old Sana’a (Photo: amyfeldtmann.com)

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

Aden (Photo: nationsonline.org)

3. Aden Region (Southern Yemen)

- - Aden (temporary national capital)

4. Hadramawt Region (Eastern Yemen/South Arabia)

- - Mukalla

Oman

- - Muscat (national capital)
  - Musandam Peninsula

United Arab Emirates

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

Doha’s Corniche (Photo: middleeasteye.net)

Qatar

- - Doha (national capital) – Corniche

Bahrain World Trade Center, Manama (Photo: skyrisecities.com)

Bahrain

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

Kuwait City (Photo: louisallday.wordpress.com)

Kuwait

- - Kuwait City (national capital)

Saudi Arabia

Historic Regions of Saudi Arabia:

Masmak Fortress, Riyadh (Photo: albawaba.com)

1. Nejd (Central Saudi Arabia)

- - Riyadh (national capital) – Masmak Fortress

Al Balad, the old city of Jeddah (Photo: http://dontstopliving.net)

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)

Zee Ain (Photo: saudiarabiatourismguide.com)

3. Asir (Southern Saudi Arabia)

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

Rub' al Khali (Empty Quarter) (Photo: frombetweenworlds.wordpress.com) — Rub’ al Khali (Empty Quarter) (Photo: frombetweenworlds.wordpress.com)

4. Rub’ al Khali (Empty Quarter)

- - Empty Quarter Desert

Corniche, Al Khobar (Photo: jglobaldreamer.wordpress.com)

5. Hasa (Eastern Saudi Arabia)

- - Gulf Coast

Mada’in Saleh (ashufik.wordpress.com)

6. Shammar (Northern Saudi Arabia)

- - Madain Saleh Nabataean ruins

Iraq

Regions:

Great Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq — Great Ziggurat of Ur, Iraq (Photo: news.inverhills.edu)

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)

Erbil (Photo: againstthecompass.com)

3. Iraqi Kurdistan (Northern Iraq)

- - Erbil (Arbil/Irbil)

Al-Rashid Street, Baghdad (Photo: adventure.com)

4. Baghdad Region (Sunni Triangle)

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

Iraqi Desert (Photo: lithub.com)

5. Iraqi Desert

- - Ar Rutba