Following a plebiscite in both countries the previous day, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" id="mw_Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Syria">Syria</a> join to form the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Republic" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United Arab Republic">United Arab Republic</a>.<sup about="#mwt161" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"feb23"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-feb23-29"}}' id="cite_ref-feb23_29-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_22#cite_note-feb23-29" id="mwAQA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQE">[29]</span></a></sup>