The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq" id="mwAYk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic State of Iraq">Islamic State of Iraq</a> enters the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" id="mwAYo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a> and begins by declaring a merger with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Nusra_Front" id="mwAYs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Al-Nusra Front">Al-Nusra Front</a> under the name <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant" id="mwAYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant">Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham</a>.