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|Adoption = 1958 (abandoned in 1961); readopted on 30 March 1980<ref name=Ipavec>{{cite web |url=http://flagspot.net/flags/sy.html |title=Syria |last=Ipavec |first=Eugene |date=17 March 2012 |work= |publisher=Flagspot |accessdate=29 July 2012}}</ref>
|Adoption = 1958 (abandoned in 1961); readopted on 30 March 1980<ref name=Ipavec>{{cite web |url=http://flagspot.net/flags/sy.html |title=Syria |last=Ipavec |first=Eugene |date=17 March 2012 |work= |publisher=Flagspot |accessdate=29 July 2012}}</ref>
|Design = A horizontal tricolour ] of red, white, and black, with two green ] charged in the centre.
|Design = A horizontal tricolour ] of red, white, and black, with two green ] charged in the centre.
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|Name = Syrian National Council
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|Nickname = Independence flag<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6c332676-32f4-11e1-8e0d-00144feabdc0.html#axzz21nLTtBKA |title=Syrian rebels raise a flag from the past |author=Borzou Daragahi|date=2011-12-30 |work= |publisher= Financial Times |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref>
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|Design = A horizontal tricolour ] of green, white, and black, with three red ] charged in the centre.
A horizontal tricolour triband of green, white, and black, with three red stars charged in the centre.
The flag of Syria (Template:Lang-ar) is red, white and black with three two green stars. It was adopted in 1958 with the establishment of the United Arab Republic and abandoned in 1961 with dissolution of this state. On 30 March 1980 it was readopted. It is also very similar to those of Iraq, Egypt, Sudan and Yemen.
During the Syrian Civil War, the rebels represented by the National Council of Syria use the 1932 version of the flag, though it's not regulized as a country flag. The National Council of Syria also uses the red-white-black version of the flag.
History
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.
In 1958, Syria and Egypt merged to form the United Arab Republic, the flag of which was derived from the Arab Liberation Flag of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 (a tricolour of horizontal red, white, and black bands). The flag of the union was distinguished from the original Arab Liberation Flag by two green stars in the white band, symbolizing the two component parts of the union. As of 1980, this is once again the flag of Syria.
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.
In 1971, Syria joined with Egypt, and Libya to establish the Federation of Arab Republics. As such, the Arab Liberation Flag was modified again, with the insertion of the golden Hawk of Qureish replacing the three green stars. Additionally, the shade of the red band was made slightly lighter.
In 1980, the United Arab Republic flag was re-adopted.
Thus Syria has had six national flags (of four distinct designs) since independence in 1946.
Each of the states in the French Mandate of Syria had its own flag. The Sanjak of Alexandretta, which was a part of Aleppo from 1920 to 1923 and then a part of the Alawite State from 1923 to 1938, did not have its own flag until it became independent as the State of Hatay. Greater Lebanon was also recognized as the independent Lebanese Republic in 1943.
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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