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The Ottoman flag had been used in Syria until the Ottomans left the country on 18 September 1918. In 1918, the official flag of Syria was the Faysal flag, or Flag of the Arab Revolt, the flag of the 1916–1918 Arab Revolt against the Ottomans.
The Free Syrian Army (FSA; Arabic: الجيش السوري الحر, romanized: al-jaysh as-Sūrī al-ḥur) is a big-tent coalition of decentralized Syrian opposition rebel groups in the Syrian civil war [39] [40] founded on 29 July 2011 by Colonel Riad al-Asaad and six officers who defected from the Syrian Armed Forces.
The national symbols of Syria are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative or otherwise characteristic of Syria and of its culture. Title Name of Symbol
Flag of Syria in the Federation of Arab Republics: Tricolor consisting of red, white and black stripes with a golden Hawk of Quraish in the centre white stripe. 2:3 ratio. Flag shared with Egypt and Libya. 1980–2024: Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic: Reversion to 1958 design. 2024–present: Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic
as a man at the Syrian embassy in Madrid threw the Assad government's flag to the ground and hoisted the black, green and white flag with three stars used by the rebels. "This is a memorable day ...
During Syria's union with Egypt in the United Arab Republic (UAR) between 1958 and 1961, the pan-Arab Eagle of Saladin was used as the basis of the coat of arms. Though Syria withdrew from the union in 1961, Egypt continued to use the official name, flag, and coat of arms of the UAR until 1971.
Now their rush is to keep the lid on Syria’s Pandora’s box, avoid a power vacuum and prevent the sort of chaos that almost inevitably arises when a 50-year regime topples in a matter of days ...
The Syrian National Army (SNA; [28] Arabic: الجيش الوطني السوري, romanized: al-Jayš al-Waṭanī as-Sūrī), also known as the Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (TFSA), [b] [29] [30] [31] is a coalition of armed Syrian opposition groups that participates in the Syrian civil war.