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The current
Flag of Syria (Arabic: علم
سوريا) was re-adopted in 1980. It is also the flag
of the former United Arab Republic.
The colors of
the flag are traditional Pan-Arab colors, also seen on the flags
of Yemen, Egypt, Sudan, and Iraq. The two stars represent Egypt
and Syria, the two participating nations in the United Arab
Republic. The green is thought to be the color of the Rashidun
or Fatimid, white the color of the Umayyads, 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 Hashemite dynasty and
it was added after Sharif Hussayn of Hijaz agreed to join the
Arab revolt of 1916.
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