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|Name = Syria |
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|Name = Syria (Ba'athist regime) |
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|Image = Flag of Syria.svg|Image = Flag of Syria.svg |
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|Proportion = 2:3 |
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|Adoption = 1980 |
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|Adoption = 1958 (abandoned in 1961); readopted 30 March 1980<ref name=Ipavec>{{cite web |url=http://flagspot.net/flags/sy.html |title=Syria |last=Ipavec |first=Eugene |date= |work= |publisher=Flagspot |accessdate=29 July 2012}}</ref> |
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|Design = A horizontal tricolour ] of red, white, and black, with two green ] charged in the centre. |
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|Design = A horizontal tricolour ] of red, white, and black, with two green ] charged in the centre. |
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The '''flag of ]''' ({{lang-ar|'''علم سوريا'''}}) is red, white and black with three two green stars. It was adopted in 1958 with the establishemt of the ] and abandoned in 1961 with dissolution of this state. On 30 March 1980 it was readopted. Flag og Syria is also very similiar to those of ], ], ] and ].<ref name=Ipavec/> |
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|Name = Syria (Syrian National Council) |
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|Image = Flag of Syria.svg|Image = Syria-flag 1932-58 1961-63.svg |
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|Nickname = "Independence flag"<ref>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c332676-32f4-11e1-8e0d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz21nLTtBKA</ref> |
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|Adoption = (Originally in 1932) Re-adopted in 2011 |
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|Design = A horizontal tricolour ] of green, white, and black, with three red ] charged in the centre. |
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The '''flag of ]''' ({{lang-ar|'''علم سوريا'''}}) is red, white and black with three two green stars. It was readopted by the ] regime in 1980. In 2011, the ] re-adopted a green, white and black flag as a symbol of opposition to the current Syrian regime, although unofficially recognized. Both flags are derived from designs used prior to and after the existence of the ]. |
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==History== |
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==History== |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Flag of Syria French mandate.svg|Caption=1922–1930, Syrian Federation and State of Syria}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Flag of Syria French mandate.svg|Caption=1922–1930, Syrian Federation and State of Syria}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Drapeau de la République de Syrie 1930-1932.png|Caption=1930–1932, Syrian Federation and State of Syria<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.syrianhistory.com/syrian-flag|title=Syria Flag 1930-32}}</ref>}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Syria-flag 1932-58 1961-63.svg|Caption=1932–1958, ]}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Syria-flag 1932-58 1961-63.svg|Caption=1932–1958, ]}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Flag of United Arab Republic.svg|Caption=1958–1961, ]}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Flag of United Arab Republic.svg|Caption=1958–1961, ]}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Syria-flag 1932-58 1961-63.svg|Caption=1961–1963, Syrian Arab Republic}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Syria-flag 1932-58 1961-63.svg|Caption=1961–1963, Syrian Arab Republic}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg|Caption=1963–1972, Syrian Arab Republic}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Flag of Iraq (1963-1991).svg|Caption=1963–1972, Syrian Arab Republic}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Flag of Syria 1972.svg|Caption=1972–1980, Syrian Arab Republic in the ]}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Flag of Syria 1972.svg|Caption=1972–1980, Syrian Arab Republic in the ]}} |
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{{Flag entry|Width=200|Image=Flag of Syria.svg|Caption=1980-present, ]}} |
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The flag of Syria is derived from the Arab Liberation Flag. It shares this design with the related flags of ], ], ], ], and the 1969-1972 flag of ]. The two stars used in the post 1980 but pre 2010 flag represented Egypt and Syria, the two participating countries in the United Arab Republic. |
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The flag of Syria is derived from the Arab Liberation Flag. It shares this design with the related flags of ], ], ], ], and the 1969-1972 flag of ]. The two stars used in the post 1980 but pre 2010 flag represented Egypt and Syria, the two participating countries in the United Arab Republic. |
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==See also== |
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The first modern flag of Syria was adopted in 1920, and was similar to the current flag of Jordan with the green and white colours reversed. The colours and design were taken from the Pan-Arab flag and inspired by the flag of the Arab Revolt.
The French changed the flag of Syria under their mandate into a blue flag with a white crescent in the centre and a French flag in the canton. After a month the flag was changed into a horizontally striped green-white-green flag with a French tricolour in the canton. This flag was in use from 1925 until 1936 (along with flags of several cantons into which Syria was divided under French colonial rule). Then the flag was changed into a horizontally striped green-white-black tricolour flag with three red five-pointed stars in the centre of the white stripe. This followed the signing of the Franco-Syrian treaty which gave Syria partial independence. The first national flag of Syria after independence in 1946 was this green-white-black flag with three red stars.
When Syria withdrew from the union in 1961, Egypt maintained both the name and flag of the United Arab Republic, whereas Syria reverted briefly to its old green-white-black flag. However, the Ba'athist coup in 1963 led to the re-introduction of the Arab Liberation Flag, this time with three green stars in the white band, symbolising the hoped for union of Syria, Egypt, and Iraq. Iraq also adopted this flag at the same time, and maintained it (with certain modifications) until 2008.
Thus Syria has had six national flags (of four distinct designs) since independence in 1946.
The flag of Syria is derived from the Arab Liberation Flag. It shares this design with the related flags of Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, Yemen, and the 1969-1972 flag of Libya. The two stars used in the post 1980 but pre 2010 flag represented Egypt and Syria, the two participating countries in the United Arab Republic.
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