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The flag of Syria consists of three colours green,red,white and black

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The **Free Syria flag**, also known as the **Independence Flag**, differs from the current Syrian flag and is associated with the opposition to the Assad government. Here's its design:

1. **Three horizontal stripes**:

  - **Green** (top)  
  - **White** (middle)  
  - **Black** (bottom)

2. **Three red stars**:

  - Located in the middle white stripe, equally spaced.

1. 1. Symbolism:

- **Green stripe**: Represents Syria's fertile land and its past independence. - **White stripe**: Stands for peace and a hopeful future. - **Black stripe**: Reflects the struggles against oppression. - **Three red stars**: Symbolize freedom, dignity, and justice, or alternatively, the three provinces of Greater Syria (Damascus, Aleppo, and Deir ez-Zor) during its independence era.

This flag is inspired by Syria’s original independence flag used after gaining freedom from French mandate rule in 1946 but was readopted in 2024 December 8 after Syrian rebels over threw the Syrian regime and gained freedom for the first time in 54 years 2607:FEA8:2A5E:2E00:ACE4:F0:A7DC:6DB3 (talk) 05:08, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The flag for the Syrian Arab Republic which was used from 1980 to 2024 should be listed as the de-jure flag because the flag of Syria was never actually replaced, the "old" flag is still legally the flag of Syria. So, I think the list of flags at the end of the article that says that the "old" flag was used from 1980 to 2024 should look like this:

De jure national flag of Syria (1980-present) Luke0821 (talk) 04:27, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The constitution of Syria was suspended on 12 December 2024, therefore Article 6 of that constitution, which described the national flag, no longer has effect, meaning that Syria has no de jure flag. Dn9ahx (talk) 15:42, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah... Thank you for clarifying that. Luke0821 (talk) 15:56, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]