However, both the darker and lighter flags have been in use for decades. France's navy and many official buildings around the country have always used the navy blue shade. But in 1976 under ...

France raised the flag on Tuesday over its embassy in Damascus 12 years after cutting ties with Syria's Bashar al-Assad amid ...

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DAMASCUS (Reuters) -France raised its flag at its Damascus embassy on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years and European Union officials prepared to engage with the new Syrian leadership ...

Dec 17 (Reuters) - France raised a flag on Tuesday over its embassy in Damascus, Syria, after it had been closed for 12 years during the country's civil war, the foreign ministry said. France sent ...

Schools in France are now required to display the French and EU flags in classrooms alongside the words to the national anthem. The move - effective from the start of the school year on Monday ...

France raised its flag at its Damascus embassy on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years and European Union officials prepared to engage with the new Syrian leadership, a sign of the growing ...

Iranians brandish the Assad regime flag in front the Turkish embassy in Tehran Credit: ATTA KENARE/AFP via GETTY IMAGES When Syria gained its independence from France in 1946, the three-starred ...

The Turkish national flag is raised at the Turkish embassy in Damascus DAMASCUS (Reuters) -France raised its flag at its Damascus embassy on Tuesday for the first time in 12 years and European ...