In 1980, then-president Hafez al-Assad adopted the United Arab Republic’s red-white-black tricolour with two green five-pointed stars for the Syrian national flag. Each colour of the Assad flag ...

The current Syrian flag features horizontal stripes of red, white, and black from top to bottom, common colours to represent Arab unity. Two green stars adorn the middle white section ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has "intelligence" that the US was planning false-flag attacks in Syria to frame Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime of using chemical weapons.