# List of Syrian flags

The following is a list of flags used in Syria.

## National flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 2024–present | Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic | Reversion to 1930 design but with 2:3 ratio. |

## Government flags
### Secondary flag

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 2024 | Alongside the independence flag, a white flag displaying the Tawhid was used during the early days of the Syrian Transitional Government and it's military | A white field featuring the Shahada in an elongated Thuluth script. |

### Presidential flags

Since 2025, Syria has not had an official presidential flag.
| Date | Use | Description |
| 1941–1958, 1961–1963, 2025–present | de facto Presidential flag of Syria | A horizontal tricolour of dark green, white and black with 3 red stars. |
| 1958–1961 | Presidential flag of the United Arab Republic | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with 2 dark green stars. The coloured emblem of the United Arab Republic is at the top-left hoist. |
| 1963–1972 | Presidential flag of Syria | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with 3 dark green stars. |
| 1972–1980 | Presidential flag of Syria | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with the emblem of Federation of Arab Republics. |
| 1980–2024 | Presidential flag of Syria | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with 2 dark green stars. |

### Royal flags

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1920 | Royal flag of Syria | A horizontal tricolour of black, dark green and white with a crown to the right on the center and a red triangle flipped with a white 8-pointed star inside. |

## Administrative flags
### Administrative Divisions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | ?-present | Flag of the Jazira Region | |
| | ?-2024 | Flag of the Afrin Region | |

## Military flags
### Ba'athist era

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1980–2024 | Flag of the Chief of the General Staff | |
| 1980–2024 | Flag of the Ministry of Defense | |
| 1946–2024 | Flag of Syrian Arab Armed Forces | Flag of Syria with the Coat of Arms of the Syrian Armed Forces in the top left hand corner. Across the top the flag says "Homeland Honor Devotion" (وطن شرف إخلاص), and "Syrian Arab Army" (الجيش العربي السوري) across the bottom. |
| 1945–2024 | Flag of Syrian Army | Green background with the coat of arms of the army in the middle of center. |
| 1950–2024 | Flag of Syrian Navy | Blue background with the coat of arms of the navy in the middle of center. |
| post-2007–2024 | Flag of Syrian Air Force | Turquoise background with their badge in the middle of the center. |
| ?–2024 | Flag of the Air Force Intelligence Directorate | |
| ?–2024 | Flag of the National Defence Forces | |
| ?–2024 | Flag of the 3rd Armoured Division | |
| ?–2024 | Flag of the 7th Mechanized Division | |

## Ensigns
### Ba'athist-era

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1980–2024 | Flag of Syrian Air Defence Force Ensign | Air force blue background with the Syrian flag to the top left hoist and the roundel of the air force at the middle of the center. |

## Ethnic groups flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| ?–present | Flag of the Yazidis | Red and white vertical blocks with a yellow 24-pointed star. |
| ?–present | Flag used by Syrian Druze | Five stripes of green, red, yellow, blue, white. |
| ?–present | Flags used by Syrian Turkmens | Two-part, vertically divided field of azure or turquoise and white, with red crescent and star resembling that of Turkey. |
| ?–present | Flags used by Syrian Turkmens | |
| ?–present | Flags used by Syrian Turkmens | |
| ?–present | Flags used by Syrian Turkmens | |

## Historical flags
### Arab Rule

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 661–750 | Flag of The Umayyad Caliphate | A White Field. |
| | 750–940 | Flag of The Abbasid Caliphate | A Simple Black Field. |

### Crusader States

| Date | Use |
| 1098–1144 | Flag of the County of Edessa |
| 1098–1268 | Flag of the Principality of Antioch |
| 1102–1289 | Flag of the Seljuk Empire |

### Ayyubid Rule

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1174–1260 | Reconstruction of Saladin's personal standard | A Golden Field with a crimson double-headed eagle in the center. |

### Mamluk Rule

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1260–1516 | Flag of The Mamluk Sultanate | |
| | 1260–1516 | Flag of The Mamluk Sultanate (Variant) | |

### Ottoman Rule

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1516–1793 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | Red field with a green disc in the center and three golden crescent moons inside the disc. |
| 1793–1844 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A red field with a white crescent moon and an eight-pointed star. |
| 1844–1918 | Flag of the Ottoman Empire | A red field with a white crescent moon and a five-pointed star. |

### French Rule

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1916-1946 | Flag of The French Third Republic, the French State and the Provisional Government of the French Republic | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red (proportions 3:2). |
| | 1942-1944 | Flag of Free France | A vertical tricolour of blue, white, and red with The Cross of Lorraine. |

#### States during French mandatory rule

| Date | Use |
| 1920–1925 | Flag of the State of Aleppo |
| 1920–1925 | Flag of the State of Damascus |
| 1920–1936 | Flag of the Alawite State |
| 1921–1924 | Flag of the Jabal Druze State |
| 1924–1936 | Flag of the Jabal Druze State |
| 1921–1936 | Civil flag of the Jabal Druze State |

### Hatay state

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
| | 1938–1939 | Flag of the independent Hatay State | |

### Former Syrian states

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1920 | Flag of the Arab Kingdom of Syria | Tricolor consisting of black, green and white stripes with a red triangle and a seven-pointed star. 1:2 ratio. |
| 1920–1922 | Flag of the Mandate of Syria | Sky blue field charged with a crescent moon at its centre and the flag of France in the upper hoist |
| 1922–1930 | Flag of the Syrian Federation (1922–1925) and the State of Syria (1925–1930) | Green, white, green triband with the flag of France in the upper hoist |
| 1930–1958 | Flag of the First Syrian Republic (1930–1950) and the Second Syrian Republic | Tricolor consisting of green, white and black stripes with three red stars in the centre white stripe. 1:2 ratio. |
| 1958–1961 | Flag of the United Arab Republic | Tricolor consisting of red, white and black stripes with two green stars in the centre white stripe representing the union of Syria and Egypt. 2:3 ratio. |
| 1961–1963 | Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic | Reversion to 1930 design. |
| 1963–1972 | Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic | Tricolor consisting of red, white and black stripes with three green stars in the centre white stripe. 1:2 ratio. |
| 1972–1980 | Flag of Syria in the Federation of Arab Republics | Tricolor consisting of red, white and black stripes with a golden Hawk of Quraish in the centre white stripe. 2:3 ratio. Flag shared with Egypt and Libya. |
| 1980–2024 | Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic | Reversion to 1958 design. |

## Organizations flags
### Ba'athist and pro-Assadist organizations

Pro-Assadist :
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |

### Syrian opposition flags

Syrian National Army :
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
Syrian Revolutionary Command Council :
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
Syrian Salvation Government :
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |
Other Free Syrian Army affiliated organizations :
| Flag | Date | Use | Description |

### Salafi Jihadist groups

| Flag | Date | Use | Description |

### Kurdish and pro-Kurdish organizations

| Date | Use | Description |
| 10 October 2015–present | Flag of the Syrian Democratic Forces | Light yellow background with the map of Syria (Including the disputed Hatay Province) with the Euphrates river as well with the text below it, "قوات سوريا الديمقراطية", and "Hêzên Sûriya Demokratîk", and "ܚܝ̈ܠܘܬܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ ܕܝܡܩܪܛܝܬܐ" all translating to the Syrian Democratic Forces. |
| 2011–present | Flag of the People's Defense Units | Yellow banner with a green outline with a red star with a green outline in the middle containing the letters "YPG" on the left, right, and bottom of the star, respectively. |
| 2011–present | Flag of the YPG International | Yellow banner with a green outline with a red star with a green outline and a black stripe behind it with the white text in the middle of the red star "YPG" and on the black stripe the white text being "Enternasyonel". |
| April 2013–present | Flag of the Women's Protection Units | Green banner with a yellow outline with a red star with a yellow outline with the yellow text "YPJ" on the right, bottom, and left of the star, respectively. |
| 2003–present | Flag of the Democratic Union Party | |
| 2011–present | Flag of the Movement for a Democratic Society | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Al-Sanadid Forces | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Seljuk Brigade | |
| 2014–2018 | Flag of Liwa Thuwar al-Raqqa | |
| 2013–present | Flag of the Syriac Military Council | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Syriac Military Council | |
| 2019–present | Flag of the Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade | |
| 2019–present | Flag of the Martyr Nubar Ozanyan Brigade | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Manbij Military Council | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Euphrates Liberation Brigade | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Al-Bab Military Council | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Jarabulus Military Council | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Deir ez-Zor Military Council | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Serê Kaniyê Military Council | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Tal Abyad Military Council | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Asayish | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Self-Defense Forces (NES regions) | |
| ?–present | Flag of the People's Defence Forces | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Free Women's Units | |
| 2014–2015 | Flag of the People's Liberation Faction | |
| ?–present | Flag of the International Freedom Battalion | |
| 2005–present | Flag of the Kurdistan Workers' Party | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Marxist–Leninist Communist Party (Turkey) | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Communist Party of Turkey/Marxist–Leninist | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Liberation Army of the Workers and Peasants of Turkey | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Maoist Communist Party (Turkey) | |
| ?–present | Flag of the United Freedom Forces | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Marxist–Leninist Armed Propaganda Unit | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Revolutionary Communard Party | |
| ?–present | Flag of Türkiye Devrim Partisi | |
| ?–present | Flag of Sosyal İsyan | |
| ?–present | Flag of Kadın Özgürlük Gücü | |
| ?–2017 | Flag of Devrimci Karargâh | |
| 2014–present | Flag of the Marxist–Leninist Party (Communist Reconstruction) | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Communist Labour Party of Turkey/Leninist | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Revolutionary Communard Party/Birli | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Revolutionary Union for Internationalist Solidarity | |
| ?–2018 | Flag of the International Revolutionary People's Guerrilla Forces | |
| ?–2018 | Flag of the Queer Insurrection and Liberation Army | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Bob Crow Brigade | |
| 2017–present | Flag of the Anarchist Struggle | |
| ?–present | Flag of the Henri Krasucki Brigade | |

## Political parties flags

| Date | Use | Description |
| 1986–present | Flag of Syrian Communist Party | Red background with the communist symbol. |
| 2013–2024 | Flag of Arab Nationalist Guard | Black background with the emblem colors switched. |
| 1963–2024 | Flag of Ba'ath Party | Black, white and green horizontal rectangles with a red flipped triangle to the left hoist. |
| 2017–present | Flag of Democratic Union Party | White background with their emblem. |
| 1932–present | Flag of Syrian Social Nationalist Party | Black background with their logo. |
| 2015–present | Flag of Turkistan Islamic Party | Black field with the Shahada at the top in calligraphy. Below, in smaller Arabic script, the text reads “الحزب الإسلامي التركستاني لنصرة أهل الشام” (Turkistan Islamic Party for the Support of the People of al-Sham). Black represents militancy and religious struggle, and white symbolizes purity and faith. |
| 2000–2005 | Flag of Bethnahrin Freedom Party | Blue background with a 32-pointed yellow star and wheats crossed below it, below the wheats are Syriac Aramaic text and the text "GHB". On the top left hoist is a red shooting star. |