Historical Flags Overview (Syria)

Last modified: 2025-04-12 by ian macdonald
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Chronological Overview

Ottoman Empire -1918	Arab Military Administration 1918-1920	Kingdom of Syria Mar.-Jul. 1920	French Mandate Jul.-Aug. 1920	French Mandate Sep. 1920-1922 (Partition)	Syrian Federation / State of Syria 1922-1930

Syria 1932-1958	United Arab Republic 1958-1961	Syria 1961-1963	Syria 1963-1972	Federation of Arab Republics 1972-1980	Syria 1980-2024	Syria 2024

• Damascus in the Book of All Kingdoms, Late 14th Century
• Ottoman Empire (-1918)
• Arab administration 1918-1920
• Kingdom of Syria March-July 1920
• French Mandate July-August 1920
• French Mandate September 1920-1922:
  • Autonomous State of the Alawites 1920-1936 (Sanjak of Latakia)
  • Autonomous State of Aleppo 1920-1924
  • Autonomous State of Damascus 1920-1922
  • Autonomous State of Greater Lebanon 1920-1943
  • Autonomous State of the Jebel Druze 1921-1932 (Souaida)
• Syrian Federation 1922-1925
  • State of Syria 1924-1925, probably erroneous (Damascus and Aleppo only)
• State of Syria 1925-1930
• Republic of Syria 1930-1932, probably erroneous
• 1932 (Autonomy) – 1946
• 1946 (Independence) – 1958
• 1958-1961
• United Arab Republic 1961-1963
• 1963-1972
• Federation of Arab Republics 1972-1980
• 1980-2024
• Since 2025
• Sources and Credits

See also:

• Historical Flags until 1932
• Historical Flags since 1932
• Syrian Aicraft Markings
• Pan-Arab Colours
• French Colonial Flags
• State Flag in the French Echelles du Levant
• Syria
• Lebanon

Other sites:

• Ländergeschichte im Spiegel der Flaggen: Syrien (History of Countries from a Flag Perspective: Syria, German text only) by Falko Schmidt at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flaggenkunde's Flaggenkurier website
• The History of Syria's Flags in online "Arab America"

Sources: [Vexillinfo 81], [Hesmer 1992], Chronic Handbuch, Staaten der Weltgeschichte, Falko Schmidt (article in [DGF-Nachrichten]), Islamic Enciclopaedia and others.
Overview by Mark Sensen, Robert M. J. Czernkowski, Ed Haynes, Nathan Augustine, Nick Artimovich, Will Linden, Jaume Ollé, Jarig Bakker and Santiago Dotor.
Bibliography: [Musa 1987] and [Corre 2000]