From this brief mandate, Syria inherited a parliamentary system modeled after France’s, but political parties were little ...

representing Egypt and Syria as the founding nations of the short-lived United Arab Republic formed after the end of European colonialism. It was first designed in 1958, but the flag was modified ...

He said the event was a show of support for the community and that he hoped to see democracy prevail in Syria. Sayegh raised the flag alongside ... according to a United Nations analysis.