Official Flag Of Syria

The flag of syria was officially adopted on may 29 1980.

Official flag of syria. Eventually a unified syrian state was proclaimed under a flag of horizontal green white black stripes bearing three red stars in the centre. Its flag based on the arab liberation flag of the egyptian 1952 revolution had horizontal stripes of red white black with two green stars for the constituent states. Syria is a nation located in western asia. But what are the origins of the flag and why did the group chose it to represent them.

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. Pms 032 red 355 green and black. The two stars depending on the point of view either represent syria and egypt or syria and iraq. The original syrian flag is the traditional 3 stripe red white and black pattern with the two green stars aligned at the center.

Syria s flag inspired by the french tricolor uses the pan arab colors of green red white and black. The rashidun or the fatimid. The currency is issued by the central bank of syria. One syrian pound is subdivided into 100 qirsh.

The flag is illustrated but this issue s drawings seem not to follow official ratios and flag sizes appear to be somewhat arbitrary. The vertical flag is simply the horizontal version turned 90 degrees clockwise. Ian sumner 10 october 2012. Flag of the syrian democratic forces the official defense force of the autonomous administration of north and east syria.

One of the group s most recognisable symbols is its black and white flag adorned with arabic lettering. This is the flag that is used by assad s regime. The flag of syria appears with an approximate ratio in between 2 3 and 5 8 with the stars pointing upwards. The country uses the syrian pound as its official currency which uses the sign syp and the codes ls and s.

Following complete independence in the 1940s syria continued to struggle for arab unity and in 1958 it joined egypt in the united arab republic. The tricolor green white and black flag pattern with the three red stars aligned at the center is the flag of the free syrian army used by them because they envision a syria that is free from assad s rule. Other symbols commonly used in north and east syria edit the tricolor flag of tev dem adopted circa 2012 commonly used by kurds in syria and widely regarded as a de facto symbol of the administration. Home about syria national symbols.

So while these specs may not be the official government version of each flag they are certainly what the noc believed the flag to be. It was officially adopted by the hashemite family on 30 september 1918 and remained in use until 8 march 1920.