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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 ...
Supporters of the rebels who ousted president Bashar al-Assad have entered Syrian embassies around the world to tear down the old order’s two-starred Syrian flags, which had been the country’s ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Several Syrian embassies abroad hoist flags with the three-star symbol of rebel forces. In Spain, around 150 people cheered and shouted "Freedom!" when a man at the Syrian embassy ...
The green stars in the middle represent Syria and Egypt – the two founding states of the United Arab Republic – and the black is to symbolise the alleged oppression suffered by Arabs.
The Stars and Stripes were flown above Damascus, Syria, on Thursday for the first time since 2012. In a ceremony attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al Shaibani, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey ...
The new Syrian flag was raised on Friday at the United Nations headquarters in New York in the presence of Syria’s Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani and UN special envoy to Syria Geir Pedersen.
NPR's Jane Arraf reports from Syria's Daraa province, near the Jordanian border. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Non-English language spoken). UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Non-English language spoken).
Syria’s new flag is raised during a ceremony where it was added to the 100 flags flying in line at United Nations headquarters (AP Photo/Kena Betancur) Syria’s foreign minister has attended a ...
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani has attended a U_N_ Security Council briefing, raising his country's new flag at the international body and saying he represents a "new Syria." ...
Syria’s new flag is raised during a ceremony where it was added to the 100 flags flying in line at United Nations headquarters (AP Photo/Kena Betancur) Syria’s foreign minister has attended a ...