AHC: Surviving United Arab Republic

The challenge: have the United Arab Republic survive to the present day. The POD can be any time after its declaration on February 22nd, 1958.

Bonus points if it expands to include other Arab countries in addition to Syria and Egypt.
 
The problem with the UAR and other similar constructs is that it was never agreed on what exactly they were supposed to be. On top of that, consider the massive egos of all involved, and there should be no wonder why the project failed. I'm not convinced that it could have endured as anything more than a trade bloc and/or military alliance to the present, and even that is difficult.
 
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