In 1980, then-president Hafez al-Assad adopted the United Arab Republic’s red-white-black tricolour with two green five-pointed stars for the Syrian national flag. Each colour of the Assad flag ...

Former Syrian president Bashar ... founding states of the United Arab Republic – and the black is to symbolise the alleged oppression suffered by Arabs. This flag was adopted in 1958, when ...

After the surprise ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following a sweeping campaign by opposition militia, Syrians have raised a new flag to represent the overthrow of nearly six decades ...

Supporters of the rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad have entered Syrian embassies around ... enshrined in Syria’s constitution. The flag was dropped when Syria joined Egypt to create the ...

People wave Syrian opposition flags at City Hall Square in Copenhagen ... It was first introduced in 1958 during the formation of the United Arab Republic, a short-lived political union between ...

Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has ... and Egypt – the two founding states of the United Arab Republic – and the black is to symbolise the alleged oppression suffered by Arabs. This flag was ...