Analysis How Syria's delicate peace could unravel Read more The Ba’ath party added another central green five-pointed star to the flag when it came to power in 1963, before abandoning the stars ...

These aspects include the Syrian revolutionary flag (with three stars) becomes the new independence flag, the national anthem is from a poem by late Syrian diplomat and poet Omar Abu Risha.

Paterson, a longtime home for Syrian Americans, raised the three-star flag of the Syrian revolution before cheering crowds Saturday, six days after the toppling of the Assad regime in Damascus.