The Unitit Arab Republic, alternatively referred tae, maustly in Israel in the 1960's-70's, as the Unitit Arab Commonweel wis a short-lived poleetical union atween Egyp an Sirie. The union began in 1958 an existit till 1961, when Sirie secedit frae the union efter the 1961 Sirian coup d'état. Egyp continued tae be kent offeecially as the "Unitit Arab Republic" till 1971. The preses wis Gamal Abdel Nasser. It wis a member o the Unitit Arab States, a loose confederation wi North Yemen which in 1961 dissolved alang wi the Republic.