Since the victory of the Syrian revolution and subsequent fall of the Assad regime in 2024, the flag is no longer in use but loyalists of the deposed Assad regime continue to use the Ba'athist Syrian flag in parts of Western Syria.

Dec 13, 2024 · Under Assad, Syria's flag featured horizontal red, white and black stripes, with two green stars across the central white stripe. The new design replaces the red stripe with a green one...

Dec 8, 2024 · Syrian rebels declared the fall of President Bashar al-Assad today, less than two weeks after a lightning offensive that ended his family's decades of rule. As Syrians woke up to a changed...

Dec 11, 2024 · The history of Syria's not-so-new flag. A flag that has become synonymous with opposition to Assad rule was actually the flag of the first Syrian Republic under French mandate. Al Majalla debunks regime lies about what this flag represents.

Dec 9, 2024 · Having successfully overthrown the Assad family’s 54-year dictatorship, it was a natural choice for this flag to become the official banner of a new, free Syria. However, the flag itself is not entirely new.

Dec 11, 2024 · Damascus (AFP) – With the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, the independence-era flag adopted by activists and rebels during the 2011 revolt has replaced the official flag on streets,...

In 1972, after the formation of the Federation of Arab Republics (which united Syria, Egypt and Libya), the flag was redesigned to include the "Falcon of Quraish"-symbol of Islamism- instead of the three stars. Finally, by 1980, under the yoke of Hafez Assad, Bashar's father, Syria readopted the UAR design to the present day.

Dec 24, 2024 · Syria has a new de facto national flag – hailed by anti-Assad Syrians over these past fourteen years, the ‘green’ Revolution or Independence flag has replaced Assad’s ‘red’ flag. But how many know its history & why it has been such an important symbol?

Jan 5, 2025 · The flag saw a revival in 2006 when Syrians living abroad in Canada and the USA adopted it as a symbol against the Assad regime and as a symbol for a democratic Syria. This then gained popularity when the Syrian civil war beginning in 2011.

Dec 11, 2024 · With the fall of president Bashar al-Assad, the independence-era flag adopted by activists and rebels during the 2011 revolt has replaced the official flag on streets, institutions and homes in Syria and beyond.