Former Syrian president Bashar ... founding states of the United Arab Republic – and the black is to symbolise the alleged oppression suffered by Arabs. This flag was adopted in 1958, when ...

In 1980, then-president Hafez al-Assad adopted the United Arab Republic’s red-white-black tricolour with two green five-pointed stars for the Syrian national flag. Each colour of the Assad flag ...

After the surprise ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad following a sweeping campaign by opposition militia, Syrians have raised a new flag to represent the overthrow of nearly six decades ...

Current Syrian Flag The current Syrian flag has been in ... Syria and Egypt - the two founding states of the United Arab Republic The Black is for the alleged oppression suffered by Arabs This ...

“On the behalf of the Syrian Arab Republic, I stand today at a historic moment overflowing with dignity, to raise our new Syrian flag in this international edifice for the first time, after we ...

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani raises the new Syrian flag during a ceremony at United Nations headquarters in New York — ANGELA WEISS Syria's foreign minister on Friday raised his country's ...

The U.S. flag has been hoisted outside of the long-shuttered ambassador’s residence in Damascus. It's a sign of growing ties ...

Dubai, UAE – Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, Founding Chairman of Al Habtoor Group, is set to make an official visit to the Syrian ...

where he urged a lifting of international sanctions and for Israel to be pressured to leave Syrian territory. "This flag is not a mere symbol, but rather a proclamation of a new existence," he ...