Three horizontal stripes of red, white, and black with two green five-pointed stars centred on the white stripe. The flag uses the Pan-Arab colours representing four Arab dynasties: Hashemites (red), Umayyads (white), Abbasids (black), and Fatimids (green).
The stars represent the Syrian, Egyptian, and Palestinian struggles for unity. The colours are Pan-Arab, representing the Arab world. Syria's flag was part of the brief Syrian-Egyptian union (1958–1961) and reflects Pan-Arab aspirations.
{
"g": "nf,as,arab,levant",
"ns": "syria",
"name": "Syria",
"id": "syria",
"index": "c/syria",
"title": "Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic",
"ratio": "2:3",
"use": {
"as": "national flag",
"since": "1980-03-29"
},
"colors": [
{
"color": "red",
"hex": "#CE1126",
"cmyk": "12/100/98/3",
"pantone": "186 C",
"note": "Top stripe; represents the blood of martyrs and the Hashemite dynasty."
},
{
"color": "white",
"hex": "#FFFFFF",
"cmyk": "0/0/0/0",
"note": "Middle stripe; represents the Umayyad dynasty and a peaceful future."
},
{
"color": "black",
"hex": "#000000",
"cmyk": "0/0/0/100",
"pantone": "Black",
"note": "Bottom stripe; represents the Abbasid dynasty and the oppressive past."
},
{
"color": "green",
"hex": "#007A3D",
"cmyk": "89/27/100/15",
"pantone": "349 C",
"note": "Two stars on the white stripe; represent the Fatimid dynasty. The stars originally symbolised Egypt and Syria during the United Arab Republic."
}
],
"desc": "- Three horizontal stripes of red, white, and black with two green five-pointed stars centred on the white stripe\n - The flag uses the Pan-Arab colours representing four Arab dynasties: Hashemites (red), Umayyads (white), Abbasids (black), and Fatimids (green)\n - This design was used during the United Arab Republic (1958–1961) when the two stars represented Egypt and Syria\n - Syria readopted it in 1980\n - The flag's history is intertwined with Syria's many political changes since independence in 1946\n - **Construction:** three equal horizontal stripes\n - The two green stars are five-pointed, evenly spaced on the white stripe along the horizontal centre line\n - Ratio 2:3",
"of": {
"country": "syria"
},
"countryData": {
"name": "Syria",
"officialName": "Syrian Arab Republic",
"un": "member"
},
"cs": "syria/flag.cs.svg",
"trivia": "- The stars represent the Syrian, Egyptian, and Palestinian struggles for unity\n - The colours are Pan-Arab, representing the Arab world\n - Syria's flag was part of the brief Syrian-Egyptian union (1958–1961) and reflects Pan-Arab aspirations",
"article": "syria/flag.md",
"flag": "syria/flag.svg",
"_name": "Syria",
"_namespace": "syria",
"_namePart": ""
}