Flag of Syria

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The national flag of Syria, commonly known as the Syrian flag or the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic, is a rectangular tricolour featuring three stars. It consists of three equal horizontal stripes of green, white, and black, from top to bottom, with three red five-pointed stars centered in the white stripe, which has a length equal to 2.3 its width. The design was first used as the independence flag, with a 1:2 proportion, during the First and Second Syrian Republics. The green stripe represented the Rashidun Caliphate, the white stripe represented the Umayyad Caliphate, and the black stripe represented the Abbasid Caliphate. Originally, the three red stars represented the three states of Syria: the State of Aleppo, the State of Damascus, and the State of Deir ez-Zor. The independence flag was designed by a parliamentary committee led by nationalist leader Ibrahim Hananu. After gaining full independence from France in 1946, Syria used a number of different flags, all featuring the pan...

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