Flag of Syria

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Official Flag Name	Flag of Syria
Current Version Adopted	13 March 2025
Design First Used	1932
Flag Proportion	2:3
Flag Shape	Rectangular
Number of Colours	4
Main Colours	Green, White, Black, Red
Designer	Committee of the Syrian Parliament, 1932
Design Type	Horizontal tricolour with three red stars
Nickname	No widely used nickname
Official Status	Official national flag
Governing Authority	Government of Syria

Colour	HEX Code	RGB	CMYK	Pantone
Green	#007A3D	0, 122, 61	100, 0, 50, 52	No official Pantone reference
White	#FFFFFF	255, 255, 255	0, 0, 0, 0	No official Pantone reference
Black	#000000	0, 0, 0	0, 0, 0, 100	No official Pantone reference
Red	#CE1126	206, 17, 38	0, 92, 82, 19	No official Pantone reference

Three red stars	Originally the districts of Damascus, Aleppo and Deir ez-Zor
since 1936 read as including the Druze and Alawite regions
Green	Stands for the Rashidun caliphs, and the independence movement.
White	Stands for the Umayyad caliphs, who ruled from Damascus.
Black	Stands for the Abbasid caliphs.
Red	Stands for the three stars, and the blood of those who died for the country.

Year / Period	Event
1932	The green-white-black independence flag with three red stars is first adopted
29 March 1980	Syria readopts the red-white-black United Arab Republic flag
8 December 2024	The independence flag returns as the de facto national flag after the fall of the Assad government
13 March 2025	Confirmed in the Constitutional Declaration
Present	The flag remains in official use

Official Ratio (height : width)	2:3
Hoist (height)	2 units
Fly (width)	3 units
Layout	Horizontal tricolour with three red stars
Band / Stripe Construction	Three equal horizontal bands, the stars set on the white
Construction Sheet Available	Yes
Governing Specification	Constitutional Declaration of 2025, Article 6

Setting	Flown	Notes
Government buildings	Yes	Flown on official premises
Schools and public institutions	Yes	Common in daily and ceremonial use
Private and civil use	Yes	May be flown by members of the public
Public holidays and commemorations	Yes	Displayed on national days of remembrance
Armed forces	Yes	Carried by the military as a war flag or colour
Naval ensign	Yes	Flown by naval and merchant vessels
Embassies and consulates	Yes	Flown at diplomatic missions abroad
International sport	Yes	Used at the Olympic Games and world championships
United Nations building	Yes	Flown in the row of member states

Flag Type	Purpose	In Use
National flag	The primary flag shown on this page	Yes
Civil flag	Flown by private citizens and organisations	Yes
War flag	Carried by the armed forces on land	Yes
Naval ensign	Flown at sea by naval and merchant vessels	No
Air force ensign	Used by the air force	No
Presidential standard	Marks the presence of the head of state	Yes
Royal standard	Marks the presence of the monarch	No
Historical flags	Earlier designs no longer in official use	Yes

Years in Use (current design)	1 year
Adoption Date	13 March 2025
Earliest Recorded Use	1932
Designer	Committee of the Syrian Parliament, 1932
Nickname	No widely used nickname
Dominant Colour	Green
Flags It Resembles	Iraq, Egypt and Yemen use a related Arab palette in a different order
Notable Feature	Horizontal tricolour with three red stars