Syria Flag The Syrian flag is three horizontal bands of red, white, and black, and there are two green five-pointed stars in the middle of the white flag. The national flag and ensign of Syria was originally adopted on February 22, 1958. The most recent version was updated on March 30, 1980. Syrian Flag Meaning What’s probably the most different about Syria’s flag is that as of 2018, the nation doesn’t have just one national flag but has two. One flag is used by the Assad government. The flag is based on the flag of the Arab Liberation and features four colors that represent the four dynasties of Arab history: the Hashimites, the Fatimids, the Abbasids and the Umayyads. The Syrian National Coalition and the Syrian Interim Government use a different national flag. This design is a modified version of the independence flag of Syria first used in 1932 and was readopted in opposition to the government.