Symbols of North and East Syria

A number of different symbols have been used to represent the Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (DAANES), commonly known as Rojava.

Surrounding all of the symbols is the words "Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria" written in Arabic, Kurmanji, Syriac, and Turkish, the languages spoken in the region.

The blue and yellow semicircles the whole emblem is put upon represents the Euphrates river and the "permanent spring" of the region.

[4] The green, yellow and red colors are traditionally associated with Kurdish people, for example in the modern Flag of Kurdistan.

[5][6][7] 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.

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)
The Rojava tricolor flying at a YPG checkpoint in Afrin, 2012.