Possible Clues:

• In heart of eastern country, a capital city
• Last of the cumin in raita mixture from European capital
• Volunteer force surrounding middle-eastern country's capital
• Capital for King Zog
• European capital I appreciate that encapsulates the nation
• A train wreck in the European capital
• Capital in country in the midst of attack
• Albanian city
• Army surrounding Islamic republic's capital
• It turned up and went like a bat out of hell to a European capital