A number of different symbols have been used to represent the

Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), also known as Rojava, is a ''de facto'' Autonomous administrative division, autonomous region in northeastern Syria. It consists of self-governing Regions of North and E ...

(DAANES), commonly known as Rojava. The Autonomous Administration adopted an official emblem in December 2018. The emblem consists of the words "Autonomous Administration" in

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, surrounded by seven red stars representing the regions of northeast Syria, as well as a branch of olives and spike of wheat, two crops grown in the region. Surrounding all of the symbols is the words "Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria" written in Arabic,

Kurmanji Kurmanji (, ), also termed Northern Kurdish, is the northernmost of the Kurdish languages, spoken predominantly in southeast Turkey, northwest and northeast Iran, northern Iraq, northern Syria and the Caucasus and Khorasan regions. It is the ...

, Syriac, and Turkish, the languages spoken in the region. The blue and yellow semicircles the whole emblem is put upon represents 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. One of the most commonly used flags, especially in Kurdish-majority areas, is the tricolor flag that was adopted by the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM), a prominent democratic confederalist 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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. A horizontal tricolor with blue, yellow, and red is used by the Syriac Union Party and its military wing in areas with a significant Syriac-Assyrian presence. DAANES has used the ''de facto'' national

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since 12 December 2024.

Symbols used by the Administration

File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg, DAANES has recognized and flown the Syrian independence flag since 12 December 2024. File:Flag of the Democratic Administration of North and East Syria.svg, alt=The Autonomous Administration's new emblem superimposed on a white field, Flag used by Autonomous Administration authorities since 2018, consisting of the Administration's emblem superimposed on a plain white background. File:Emblem of the Democratic Administration of North and East Syria.svg, alt=A circle, with the Rojava administration's official name written in several languages across it., Official emblem of the Administration since 2018 File:Diplomatic Flag of Northern Syria.svg, alt=Rojava's former emblem superimposed on a yellow-orangeish background, Flag used by DFNS diplomatic offices in Europe until 2018 File:Coat of Arms of Rojava.svg, alt=De facto emblem of Rojava until 2018, ''De facto'' emblem of Rojava until 2018 File:Seal of MSD.png, Seal of the

Syrian Democratic Council The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC) is the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). The SDC's stated mission is working towards the implementation of a "Pluralistic, democ ...

File:Flag of Syrian Democratic Forces.svg, Flag of the

Syrian Democratic Forces The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is a Kurds in Syria, Kurdish-led coalition of U.S.-backed Left-wing politics, left-wing ethnic militias and rebel groups, and serves as the official military wing of the Democratic Autonomous Administration ...

, the official defense force of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria.

Other symbols commonly used in North and East Syria

File:Flag of Rojava.svg, alt=A horizontal tricolor with (from top to bottom) yellow, red, and green bands., The Tricolor flag of TEV-DEM, adopted circa 2012, commonly used by Kurds in Syria and widely regarded as a de facto symbol of the administration. File:Gozartoflag.svg, alt=A horizontal tricolor with (from top to bottom) blue, yellow, and red bands., Tricolor used by the Syriac Union Party representing Syriac-Assyrian people in North and East Syria. File:Flag of Kurdistan.svg, alt=A horizontal tricolor with (from top to bottom) red, white, and green, and a gold sun in the center., The Kurdish flag used by Kurdish parties such as the

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. File:Flag of the Assyrians.svg, The

Assyrian flag The Assyrian flag ( or ) is widely used to represent the Assyrian nation in the homeland and in the diaspora. The flag was first designed by George Bit Atanus in 1968, and was adopted in 1971 during a gathering of Assyrian organizations. Th ...

used by the Syriac Military Council, the Khabour Guards and

Nattoreh The Assyrian People's Guard – Nattoreh (; ) is an Assyrian militia of the Syrian Democratic Forces. It is based in the Khabur valley town of Tell Tamer northwest of Al-Hasakah, an area with a large Assyrian population, in the Autonomous Admin ...

among others.

Symbols of sub-regions

File:Flag of the Afrin Canton.svg, alt=Afrin canton's emblem superimposed on a yellow field., Flag of the

Afrin Region Afrin Region (; ; ) was the westernmost of the three original regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria. The region previously had two subordinate cantons, the Afrin Canton, consisting of the Afrin city area (with the ...

File:Seal of Euphrates Region DAA.svg, Seal of the

Euphrates Region Euphrates Region, formerly Kobanî Canton, (; ; ) is the central of three original regions of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, comprising Ayn al-Arab District of the Aleppo Governorate, Tell Abyad District of the Raqqa G ...

Flag of Jazira Canton.svg, Flag of the

Jazira Region The Jazira Region, formerly Jazira Canton (; ; ), is the largest of the three original regions of the de facto Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). As part of the ongoing Rojava conflict, its democratic autonomy was off ...

References

{{reflist Politics of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria

Democratic Federation of Northern Syria The Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), also known as Rojava, is a ''de facto'' autonomous region in northeastern Syria. It consists of self-governing sub-regions in the areas of Jazira, Euphrates, Raqqa, Ta ...

Kurdish nationalist symbols

Symbols used by the Administration

Other symbols commonly used in North and East Syria

Symbols of sub-regions

See also

References