T he flag of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime remains the standard emoji design across most, if not all platforms. But a new flag flies over Damascus and the rest of a now-free Syria.

The Syrian opposition favoured the flag to represent independence from the Assad government and it could mean that this is the flag that will, for now, be used to show the country has changed.

Baghouz, Syria — President Trump on Wednesday showed off two maps of Syria, one from Election Day 2016, with ISIS-held territory marked in red. The other shows that just a spec of it remains ...

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.

Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shibani holds the Syrian Flag during a ceremony where the Syrian flag was added to the 100 flags flying in line at United Nations Headquarters on Friday, April 25 ...