Flag of Northern Syria

Northern Syria
A flag with horizontal bars in yellow, red, and green.
Proportion 2:3
Adopted c. 2012 by TEV-DEM
A horizontal tricolor with (from top to bottom) blue, yellow, and red.
Variant flag of Northern Syria
Use Used by the Syriac Union Party and the Syriac Military Council representing Syriac-Assyrian people in Northern Syria.[1]
On a yellow field, A coat of arms with a yellow sun on top of a red circle with a green border, with green branches below it, and blue, red, and white stars above it.
Variant flag of Northern Syria
Use Used at the DFNS representation offices in Berlin and The Hague.
Proportion 2:3
Design The DFNS coat of arms on a yellow field.
The de facto emblem of the DFNS
A flag with horizontal bars of yellow red and green attached to a military vehicle (left) beside a Kurdish YPG fighter holding an AK-47. (right)
The flag of the DFNS flying at a YPG checkpoint in Afrin, 2012.
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The Flag of Northern Syria (Kurdish: Ala Bakûrê Sûriyê‎; Arabic: علم شمال سوريا‎; Classical Syriac: ܐܬܐ ܕܓܪܒܝܐ ܕܣܘܪܝܐ‎) refers to the current widely used flags of the autonomous region of the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria (DFNS). One of the most commonly used is the tricolor flag that was originally adopted from Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM), which is the political coalition governing the DFNS.[2] The green, yellow and red colors are traditionally associated with Kurdish people, for example in the modern Flag of Kurdistan.[3][4][5] A flag depicting the emblem of the DFNS on a yellow field is also used, most notably at the office representing the region in Berlin and in The Hague.[6][7] A horizontal tricolor with blue, yellow, and red is also used by the Syriac Union Party and the Syriac Military Council in areas with a significant Syriac-Assyrian presence in Northern Syria.[1] Colors similar to the ones used on this flag can be found on the Assyrian and Chaldean flags.

Flags of the Regions of the DFNS

Flag Region Design
 Afrin Region The emblem of the Afrin Region on a yellow field. Identical to the variant diplomatic flag of Northern Syria, with the text "Kantona Efrînê" (English: Afrin Canton) and the date "29.01.2014" (January 29th, 2014) added.[8]
 Jazira Region The emblem of the Jazira Region on a green field. The emblem appears to implement the 3 red stars from the Syrian Opposition flag and elements from the Kurdish flag.
 Euphrates Region The emblem of the Euphrates region on a red field. The main elements of the emblem are a double-headed eagle and a sun.

Other flags used in the DFNS

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Syriac flags adorn the city of Hasaka". Syriac Military Council. 20 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Wes Enzinna (24 November 2015). "Dream of Secular Utopia in ISIS' Backyard". The New York Times.
  3. ↑ AFP (21 March 2009). "A masked Kurdish man waves a PKK's flag". Getty Images. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ↑ Gutterman, Dov (25 February 1999). "Related (?) flags". Flags Of The World (FOTW). CRW Flags. Retrieved 17 May 2018. (Find original article mentioned?)
  5. ↑ Ballout, Mohammed (15 November 2012). "Syrian Kurds ready to fight an imminent battle for Qamishli city". Ekurd Daily. Kurd Net. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Berlin'de Rojava temsilciliği açıldı" (in Turkish). Evrensel. 7 May 2016.
  7. ↑ http://rojavabenelux.nl/
  8. ↑ Unknown. "About Afrin". Canton Afrin. Afrin Administration. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Declaration of establishment by Syrian Democratic Forces". Kurdish Info. 15 October 2015.
  10. ↑ https://qph.ec.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e47786ca639587de6c55b3836b7b6820-c
  11. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/1396193807358524/photos/a.1396202827357622.1073741827.1396193807358524/1974422446202321/?type=3
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