The flag of Syria (Arabic: علم سوريا) is a red, white and black tricolour with two green stars. It was adopted in 1958 with the establishment of the United Arab Republic and abandoned in 1961 with dissolution of this state. On 30 March 1980 it was readopted by President Hafez al-Assad, to show Syria's commitment to the Arab unity. Red colour represents the struggle and sacrifice for freedom, white symbolises peace and black signifies the dark colonial past, while gree colour of the stars is to restore the missing pan-Arab colour. The current flag is the longest used flag of Syria. Flags of Iraq, Egypt, Sudan and Yemen are very similar to the Syrian flag.
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“Swift blazing flag of the regiment,
Eagle with crest of red and gold,
These men were born to drill and die.
Point for them the virtue of slaughter,
Make plain to them the excellence of killing
And a field where a thousand corpses lie.”
—Stephen Crane (1871–1900)
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—Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 5:8.
Elijah to the king of Israel who has received a letter from the king of Syria looking for someone to cure his commander of leprosy.