An impromptu demonstration at the funeral of Syrian revolution activist Mazen al-Hamada, on Thursday Nov. 12. (Credit: Mohammad Yassin/L'Orient Today)
The semi-autonomous Kurdish administration that holds swathes of Syria's northeast said today that it will adopt the three-starred independence flag used by the opposition, after rebels toppled longtime president Bashar al-Assad.
The Kurdish authority said in a statement it has "decided to raise the Syrian [independence] flag on all councils, institutions, administrations and facilities affiliated with the Autonomous Administration," describing the flag as a "symbol of this new stage, as it expresses the aspirations of the Syrian people towards freedom, dignity and national unity."