Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

The former Syrian flag features horizontal stripes of red, white and black from top to bottom, common colours to represent Arab unity. Two green stars adorn the middle white section, representing ...

In 1980, then-president Hafez al-Assad adopted the United Arab Republic’s red-white-black tricolour with two green five-pointed stars for the Syrian national flag. Each colour of the Assad flag ...

The flag representing Syrian rebels features three horizontal bands in green, white, and black, with three red stars set within the white band. Under the Assad regime, the Syrian national flag ...