Iranians brandish the Assad regime flag in front the Turkish embassy in Tehran - ATTA KENARE/AFP via GETTY IMAGES When Syria gained its independence from France in 1946, the three-starred flag was ...
A green-white-black horizontal tricolour adorned with three red stars, which was first adopted in the pursuit of independence from France in the 1930s, has been used by the opposition as its main ...
The design revives the so-called “independence” flag flown during Syria’s struggle for independence from France. The red fess is replaced with green and three red stars represent the three ...
The rebel flag has also been unfurled from a window at the embassy in Madrid and raised at the embassy in Moscow, the city to which Assad has reportedly fled. When Syria gained its independence ...
Rebels proudly announced across Syria’s state television that they had toppled Mr Assad, ending his family’s regime, and holding aloft the new flag, which they say symbolises independence.
The semi-autonomous Kurdish adminstration that holds swathes of Syria's northeast said Thursday it will adopt the three-starred independence flag used by the opposition, after rebels toppled ...