Possible Clues:

• One of the Levant States
• Piaster production place
• Seems that Ayr is not in Scotland
• Site of ancient Palmyra
• Breezes getting up about end of day in the country
• In Mediterranean area, second year gets backing of first class
• Breezy to the South back in Mediterranean country
• Turkey is on top of it
• Shiraz nearly swamping Iran's capital and land to the west
• 1974 Canadian peace keeping locale