Rebels proudly announced across Syria’s state television that they had toppled Mr Assad, ending his family’s regime, and holding aloft the new flag, which they say symbolises independence.

The green-white-black-red opposition flags were seen across the country, but are not so different from the original one. The rebel flag has green at the top, white in the middle and black at the ...

There was another fighter opening and closing a blue iron gate with the original Syrian flag tied to it - the one before the al-Assad family changed it and changed the country.

Yet Syria's independence flag features on FIFA's own official poster for the 1950 World Cup tournament in Brazil, in which a selection of flags are emblazoned on the sock of a footballer kicking a ...

A youth displays a Syrian opposition flag as he drives along the Umayyad Square in Damascus. Credit: AP It later became the national flag when Syria became independent in 1946.

Former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has been toppled by rebels and has fled to Russia. The rebel flags are currently flying high across the country, and have replaced the posters of Mr Assad ...

The green-white-black-red opposition flags were seen across the country, but are not so different from the original one. The rebel flag has green at the top, white in the middle and black at the ...

What is the current official Syrian flag? The current flag has been in use since 1980 and comprises four main colours – red, white, green and black, which all have different meanings.