Al-Asali akatungamira sangano reNasserist muSyria zvichitevera dambudziko reSuez muna 1956
, uye vakuru vakuru veNasserist nevakuru vemauto vakakwidziridzwa panguva yekutonga kwake. Akapiwa mbiri yokunyengetedza Quwatli, mumwe mutungamiri anotsigira Nasser, kuti azvirongedzezve kuva purezidhendi muna 1955. Quwatli akagadza al-Asali semutungamiri wehurumende wake wokutanga mushure mokutora basa. Muna January 1958 akagadza mutungamiri weSocialist Salah al-Din al-Bitar kuti ave gurukota rezvekunze uye akamupinza basa rokukurukura kubatana kwakakwana pakati peEgypt neSyria. Mutungamiri al-Quwatli naal-Asali vakaenda kuCairo kunopedzisa chibvumirano uye vakazivisa United Arab Republic, pasi pehutungamiri hwaGamal Abd al-Nasser, musi wa1 Kukadzi 1958. Al-Asali akagadzwa kuva mutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika naNasser zuva rakatevera.