What ๐ธ๐พ means
Stands for Syria and Syrian people. The national flag is now green, white and black bands with three red stars, a flag first used at independence and carried by the opposition in the civil war. It became official after the Assad government fell, replacing the red, white and black flag with two green stars.
Syrians at home and abroad use it for national identity, family news, and the hope of rebuilding. It also tags food posts and memories of Damascus and Aleppo.
Devices may show either design, and many Syrians care a lot about which one appears.
Facts
Flag: Syria ๐ธ๐พ is an emoji in the flags category, under country flag. It became part of the emoji standard in Emoji 2.0, released in 2015. On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :syria: or :flag_syria:. People also look for it with words like โSYโ or โflagโ.
Timeline
- 2015Added to the emoji standard (Emoji 2.0)
Design history
Google (Noto)
2015
2025
Twemoji (X, Discord)
2016
2025
Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.
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