The flag of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime remains the standard emoji design across most, if not all platforms. But a new flag flies over Damascus and the rest of a now-free Syria.

SYRIA: Communist Penetration. 2 minute read. TIME. March 12, 1956 12:00 AM GMT-5. Immediately to the north of Jordan lies Syria, an ancient land but an independent Arab nation for only ten years.* ...

A youth displays a Syrian opposition flag as he drives along the Umayyad Square in Damascus. Credit: AP It later became the national flag when Syria became independent in 1946.

THE people of Syria have a right to self-determination, the Iraqi Communist Party (ICP) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the ICP said: “The change that has taken place in Syria is isolated from ...