The 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.

in the case of the existing flag design for Syria, a new emoji submission may not be required in the first place if the manufacturers take matters into their own hands. The current Syrian flag ...

Online, there has also been a groundswell of Syrians posting the new flag, coupled with mounting calls for technology companies to update the Syrian flag emoji. Manal al-Assad, wife of Maher ...