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Symbols of North and East Syria

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Flag used by Autonomous Administration authorities since 2018, consisting of the Administration's emblem superimposed on a plain white background.
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organization in the region. The green, yellow and red colors are traditionally associated with Kurdish people, for example in the modern
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flag of TEV-DEM, adopted circa 2012, commonly used by Kurds in Syria and widely regarded as a de facto symbol of the administration.
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One of the most commonly used flags, especially in Kurdish-majority areas, is the tricolor flag that was adopted by the
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river and the "permanent spring" of the region. A flag with the Autonomous Administration's
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on a white field is also used occasionally to represent the Administration itself.
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Self-Administration of North & East Syria Representation in Benelux
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Politics of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
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A number of different symbols have been used to represent the
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The Rojava tricolor flying at a YPG checkpoint in Afrin, 2012.
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Other symbols commonly used in North and East Syria
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Armiger
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Motto
Arabic
Kurdish
Classical Syriac
Turkish
A flag with horizontal bars of yellow red and green attached to a military vehicle (left) beside a Kurdish YPG fighter holding an AK-47. (right)
Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Arabic
regions of northeast Syria
Kurmanji
Syriac
Turkish
Euphrates
emblem
Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM)
democratic confederalist
Flag of Kurdistan
Syriac Union Party
its military wing
Syriac-Assyrian
The Autonomous Administration's new emblem superimposed on a white field
A circle, with the Rojava administration's official name written in several languages across it.
Rojava's former emblem superimposed on a yellow-orangeish background
DFNS diplomatic offices
De facto emblem of Rojava until 2018
Seal of the Syrian Democratic Council
Syrian Democratic Council

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