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| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| The first flag to be used by the Syrians was the current flag of Jordan back in 1920 with the green and white colors reversed. The colors and design were taken from the Pan-Arab flag. The star stood for the fact the Syria was the first country to use the Pan-Arab colors. The French changed the flag of Syria under their mandate into a blue flag with a white circle in the center and a French flag in the canton. After a month the flag was changed into a horizontally striped green-white-green flag and a French flag in the canton. This flag was in use from 1925 until 1936. Then the flag was changed into a horizontally striped green-white-black flag with three red stars in the center of the white stripe. This followed the signing of the Franco-Syrian treaty which gave Syria |
The first flag to be used by the Syrians was the current flag of Jordan back in 1920 with the green and white colors reversed. The colors and design were taken from the Pan-Arab flag. The star stood for the fact the Syria was the first country to use the Pan-Arab colors. The French changed the flag of Syria under their mandate into a blue flag with a white circle in the center and a French flag in the canton. After a month the flag was changed into a horizontally striped green-white-green flag and a French flag in the canton. This flag was in use from 1925 until 1936. Then the flag was changed into a horizontally striped green-white-black flag with three red stars in the center of the white stripe. This followed the signing of the Franco-Syrian treaty which gave Syria was added after Sharif Hussayn of Hijaz agreed to join the Arab revolt of 1916. | ||
| However, the ]ist coup in ] led to a red-white-black flag with three green stars in the white band, the same flag used by Iraq as rumors of a union between the two nations abounded. In 1971, a red-white-black flag with a golden eagle in the white stripe was used as a flag for the Federation of Arab Republics which consisted of Syria, Egypt and Libya. In 1981, the current red-white-black flag with two green stars in the white stripe was used. | |||
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| The colors of the flag are traditional ] colors, also seen on the flags of ], ], ], and ]. The two stars represent Egypt and Syria, the two participating nations in the UAR. The green is thought to be the color of the Fatimids, white the color of the Ummayids, black the color of Abbasids and red the color of the blood of martyrs although it is thought that red was the color of the hashimite dynasty and it was added after Sharif Hussayn of Hijaz agreed to join the Arab revolt of 1916. | |||
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The flag of Syria was adopted in 1980. It is also the flag of the former United Arab Republic.
History
The first flag to be used by the Syrians was the current flag of Jordan back in 1920 with the green and white colors reversed. The colors and design were taken from the Pan-Arab flag. The star stood for the fact the Syria was the first country to use the Pan-Arab colors. The French changed the flag of Syria under their mandate into a blue flag with a white circle in the center and a French flag in the canton. After a month the flag was changed into a horizontally striped green-white-green flag and a French flag in the canton. This flag was in use from 1925 until 1936. Then the flag was changed into a horizontally striped green-white-black flag with three red stars in the center of the white stripe. This followed the signing of the Franco-Syrian treaty which gave Syria was added after Sharif Hussayn of Hijaz agreed to join the Arab revolt of 1916.
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