Possible Clues:

• Onetime U.A.R. member: Abbr.
• It's NW of Iraq
• Leb.'s neighbor
• Neighbor of Iraq: Abbr.
• Arab League member: Abbr.
• Its monetary unit is the pound: Abbr.
• U.A.R. country, once
• Part of the U.A.R., once
• Assad's land (Abbr.)
• L. Assad setting