Citizens of a republic in SW Asia have sail rise in error (8)
I believe the answer is:
israelis
'citizens of a republic in sw asia' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'sail rise in error' is the wordplay.
'in error' indicates an anagram.
'sail'+'rise'='sailrise'
'sailrise' is an anagram of 'ISRAELIS'.
'have' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for israelis that I've seen before include "'They live in Tel Aviv, say (8)'" , "They might live in Tel Aviv, say" , "Nationality of citizens of Jerusalem" , "people from the Med?" , "Middle-Easterners?" .)