Strike Iraqi leader surrounding a country (5)
I believe the answer is:
haiti
'country' is the definition.
(Haiti is an example)
'strike iraqi leader surrounding a' is the wordplay.
'strike' becomes 'hit' ('hit' can be a synonym of 'strike').
'leader' indicates taking the first letters.
'surrounding' indicates putting letters inside.
The initial letter of 'iraqi' is 'i'.
'hit'+'i'='hiti'
'hiti' going around 'a' is 'HAITI'.
(Other definitions for haiti that I've seen before include "Caribbean country, capital Port-au-Prince" , "one in the Caribbean" , "Caribbean isle" , "W. Indies republic on Hispaniola" , "West part of Hispaniola" .)