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Remove the claims on Hatay province as unclear if the new government still supports them

In the map it still shows Syrian claims on the Hatay province of Türkiye. It's unclear if the transitional government still claims Hatay, so until they make a formal statement best to remove. PrecariousWorlds (talk) 07:29, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

That seems to get things the wrong way around, a change in policy should be sourced. CMD (talk) 07:40, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

@PrecariousWorlds Until transitional govt formally opposes it maintain. Mithilanchalputra(Talk) 09:39, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

I do not think there is enough evidence yet to claim that the new government is not claiming Hatay however a government website is using a logo without the Hatay province of Türkiye.

http://www.moi.gov.sy/images/logo.png

This could be interpreted as an intention to drop the claims in the upcoming constitution. ElementLover (talk) 08:19, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

The new Syrian government has not reiterated any territorial claim over Hatay. Until they do so (if ever), Misplaced Pages should reflect current realities rather than outdated historical positions. There is no recent declaration or policy statement from Syria’s leadership supporting the Hatay claim, making it inaccurate to present it as an active territorial dispute. Therefore, I propose removing this claim unless there is verifiable, up-to-date evidence to support its inclusion. Plus, there is a paragraph regarding the “international disputes”. Mentioning it there should be sufficient. We should also change the map according to that new reality. E3.akpinar (talk) 17:52, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

They do not have to mention their claims on Hatay for us to include them. Every new state inherits everything from its predecessor state(s) and unless they renounce their claims on that province then it should be included Abo Yemen✉ 18:10, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

The article must reflect what we know based on verifiable information, not assumptions. Assuming the new government automatically inherits all claims from the previous regime without solid evidence feels more like speculation than fact. If there’s no recent statement or policy confirming the claim, it seems misleading to present it as an active dispute on par with the Golan occupation. States may technically inherit claims, but in practice the policies and priorities change. Especially after a major shift in leadership like this. Unless there’s up-to-date evidence to support it, keeping the claim feels biased and doesn’t align with Misplaced Pages’s goal of neutrality. As I said, the paragraph regarding the internaional disputes mention it. It gives an insight for that claim and there is no need to keep it on the top page. E3.akpinar (talk) 19:23, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

White flag

At the most recent meetings of the transitional government and media appearances by its leaders, only the Independence Flag appears to be used. While there is evidence of use of the white flag before the fall of Assad and at ther first meeting of the transitional government, is there any further evidence that is is being used after that first meeting? - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1167816194902573&set=pb.100050226110792.-2207520000 (16 December) - https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=984180353739970&set=pcb.984180407073298 (18 Decmber) - https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=984504190374253&set=pcb.984504370374235 (19 December) - Dn9ahx (talk) 10:21, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Are we jumping to conclusions based the use of this flag at one meeting? If so, should we hide it from the infobox until its status and use becomes more clear? Dn9ahx (talk) 20:52, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

I’ve put this change into effect as there were no objections Dn9ahx (talk) 11:35, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

it was used later during bashir's speech on tv after the meeting, and earlier it was used in julani's cnn interview; it probably may be removed if they dont use it anymore tho Opostylov (talk) 13:56, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

I think we can remove the white flag, but it can remain on Flag of Syria article as "temporarily used". Beshogur (talk) 13:47, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Another meeting today (22 Dec) with only the Independence Flag - https://x.com/SanaAjel/status/1870815164427042883 Dn9ahx (talk) 13:15, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Meeting with Jordanian diplomats today with only the Independence Flag - https://x.com/SanaAjel/status/1871141176163889411 Dn9ahx (talk) 10:44, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

A second meeting today, with a delegation from Qatar , with only the independence flag again - https://x.com/SanaAjel/status/1871151757100823000 Dn9ahx (talk) 11:16, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Looks like another user has removed it Dn9ahx (talk) 15:28, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

seems like it's still used

https://youtube/SFQ2MvHQrsQ?si=6B2kZYZxQjHTuEbA Berniesandals (talk) 13:16, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

The Independence flag is the only flag used at official diplomatic events - https://x.com/SanaAjel/status/1872984181745303751 - https://x.com/SanaAjel/status/1872950672683147498 - https://x.com/SanaAjel/status/1872266335725740237 - The Independence flag is the only flag depicted by international sports governing bodies which have updated the flag they use to represent Syria - https://olympics.com/ioc/syrian-arab-republic - https://www.ihf.info/member-federations/syrian-arab-republic/5873 - The current consensus, where the Independence Flag is shown in the infobox and a "tawhid" flag shown in the body of the article accurately describes the situation on the ground. Dn9ahx (talk) 14:05, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

More meetings and diplomatic engagements over the past few days. Only the Independence Flag is being used - https://x.com/AlArabiya_Eng/status/1874786498936967223 - https://mfa.gov.ua/news/andrij-sibiga-ta-ahmad-ash-sharaa-obgovorili-v-damasku-shlyahi-vidnovlennya-dvostoronnih-vidnosin-mizh-ukrayinoyu-ta-siriyeyu - https://sanasyria.org/en/?p=343351 - https://sanasyria.org/en/?p=343295 - Dn9ahx (talk) 13:34, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

That's too much documentation for a flag that is no longer on the infobox Abo Yemen✉ 14:24, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Include Ahmed al-Sharaa as de facto leader of Syria

• France 24: Syria's de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa
• MSN: Ahmad Al Shara, centre, Syria's de facto leader
• : Syria’s de facto new leader Ahmed al-Sharaa
• AJ: Syria’s new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa

This is the ones I found quickly. He's the one meeting foreign envoys as well. Beshogur (talk) 13:43, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

I don't think there is enough evidence to list him as "acting president". However, he could be listed as "de facto Leader", "Leader", "acting head of state", "de facto head of state" etc. I think further discussion or a poll to establish a consensus is in order. Dn9ahx (talk) 13:59, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

Syria has no constitution right now. Who says we need a president to add him to the infobox? RS describe him as de facto leader. Beshogur (talk) 14:20, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

I agree. We could add him to the infobox as “de facto leader” Dn9ahx (talk) 16:21, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

sounds good Abo Yemen✉ 07:29, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

Ok, I will put that into effect Dn9ahx (talk) 10:07, 23 December 2024 (UTC)

I'd also suggest putting his title in the infobox as Emir of Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham, rather than the more vague "leader", since that is the position that makes him the most powerful man in Syria de facto. This is similar to how, for communist-led countries like Vietnam, the General Secretary is listed as the first position in the infobox. Since, like with al-Sharaa, this is the position that gives its holder the de facto supreme power even if they may not be the head of state or government de jure - e.g. Tô Lâm. 79.104.50.145 (talk) 15:28, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Except he has not been officially defined as Syria's leader at all. We need to wait for official sourcing on this. Ecpiandy (talk) 02:36, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Edit request

There's some grammatical errors at the end of the religions paragraph in the demographics section. "and 3.84% are Syrian are Christians at 2020." Zzabka (talk) 03:29, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Fixed thanks Chidgk1 (talk) 14:38, 28 December 2024 (UTC)

Syrian Arab Republic

Are we still calling it that? The new government will most definitely not be using that name. Why don't we put the name as "Syria" and wait and see? Ecpiandy (talk) 03:24, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Because we have primary evidence the new government continues to use that name. CMD (talk) 03:46, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

The newly formed transitional government are still using “Syrian Arab Republic” as the official long form name of the state on legal documents such as this one issued by the prime minister’s office- https://x.com/SanaAjel/status/1871896791580573972 Dn9ahx (talk) 12:54, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

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Free Republic of Syria 94.191.136.235 (talk) 18:03, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Cannolis (talk) 18:53, 31 December 2024 (UTC)

ba'athist SAF still linked in military section

there is a new SAF article that is meant for the new transitional government syria link: https://en.wikipedia.org/Syrian_Armed_Forces LeonVolturno (talk) 19:20, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

"Amorrhitis" listed at Redirects for discussion

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Heritage Foundation

We should stop using the Heritage Foundation as a source in this article. They have announced plans to use their web technology to identify and deanonymize Misplaced Pages users. We currently link to them twice in this article, putting editors at direct risk of being doxxed. 166.205.97.61 (talk) 17:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

There is an ongoing discussion about it. M.Bitton (talk) 17:38, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Change anthem please.

It is still showing the old anthem. Please change it as soon as possible.

Best Regards 2A02:B98:4731:2AD0:DDEC:4948:5FEB:1098 (talk) 08:59, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Abo Yemen✉ 09:19, 10 January 2025 (UTC)

Dispute on "Suriyā" and "Suriyah": Should we use both or just Suriyah?

Pinging @Quetstar because they claim that there is no usage of "Suriyā".

Both Suriyā and Suriyah are used in official names, including the arabs. Honestly, the arabs use "Suriyā" rather than "Suriyah". Rather than solving editing disputes, like I am doing right here, they have reverted my edit and have claimed that that name is nonexistent and surprisingly did not remove the second variant of "Syria". "اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْسُوْرِيَّة" is the country's official name in arabic with "Suriyah", and "اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْسُورِيَا" is the official name of the country, but with "Suriyā". If you check the arabic version of the syrian article it def and clearly has usage of "Suriyā". If you want evidence that Suriyā is used, click .

So should both be used or just Suriyah be used? Let's reach a consensus. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 00:31, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

While i know they are two ways to write the word "Syria" in Arabic, there is only one official way to write the country's official name, the Syrian Arab Republic, and that's the one with "Suriyyah". Normally, Misplaced Pages writes the official name exactly how a country's government does. The Syrian govt only uses "Suriyyah" when writing the country's official name, so the variant with "Suriyā" is incorrect. Quetstar (talk) 00:53, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

@Pktlaurence had the same problem as you. They claimed the same thing, no usage of "Suriyā". Besides if it were to be wrong how come it wasnt reverted till now? 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 00:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Because no one dared to check if it was correct. Also, there is no need for consensus, since the rule is to write the official name of a country the way its government does. I will also re-state that while they are two correct ways to write "Syria" in Arabic, there's only one correct way to write its official name in that language. Quetstar (talk) 01:02, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

There is a need of consensus, as this is pretty controversial. Also the government has indeed used Suriyā, but they rarely use it. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 01:07, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

There is no controversy here. What i did was to correct the writing of the official name to the one that the government uses, that being "اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّةُ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْسُوْرِيَّة". I left everything else intact, including the two correct ways of writing "Syria" in Arabic. Per WP:BURDEN, the burden to demonstrate otherwise is on you due to your restoration of the incorrect variant. It is not on the community to decide or prove it. Quetstar (talk) 02:41, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

You are kinda correct and incorrect here, as I didnt say that you removed "Suriya", and also I am sorry for not providing a source, Unfortunately, that doesn't mean that you're quite correct here.... (Im not correct either on the suriya issue)

If you go to the syrian govt website, (click the link that says ).

you'll see that the Official english name for syria is the "Syrian Arabic Rebublic". But in[REDACTED] we use "Syrian Arab Republic", which is incorrect but we only use it because the syrian govt misspelled it. This shows evidence that we don't always use 100% official names.

And yes, there is controversy here. Pretty much every edit here is controversial. Edits to this article are contentious/controversial because:

• It's Extended-protected
• Has Sanctions enforcement
• Is partially related to the Arab-Israeli conflict, which has been designated contentious by the wikipedians
• Is in the Middle East, which is subject to being controversial
• Has 1RR in effect, which is why i haven't reverted my edit yet.

I did not expect a reply because you did not respond for over an hour, and since you technically started this, please Drop the stick. It's not the end of the world, and let this debate die a natural death. Because of this, I will no longer reply to this topic. Thank you. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 03:03, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

Since i also think that this a distraction from other things, I will no longer reply to this either. Quetstar (talk) 03:51, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

anyway lets let the community decide. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 00:58, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

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I am requesting for the term "de facto"(in Italics, as depicted) to be inserted below the title of the national anthem("Guardians of the Homeland") in its respective Infobox because the Constitution of Syria has been suspended since 12 December 2024 and it is currently unknown if the current anthem will be retained in a new constitution (de jure) or if a new one will be used instead. ~Berilo Linea~ (talk) 12:30, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: that's WP:OR (the source that you cited doesn't say anything about the anthem). M.Bitton (talk) 12:37, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

I intentionally only used the citation of the news article mentioning the suspension of the Constitution and the People's Assembly for verifiability purposes about the two aforementioned subjects. Indeed, the article didn't mention the national anthem. I apologise if that wasn't clear. I feel my point still stands, though. ~Berilo Linea~ (talk) 15:36, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

That doesn't change the fact that what you're proposing is original research. M.Bitton (talk) 19:41, 12 January 2025 (UTC)

1. "Syria's new govt says to suspend constitution, parliament for three months". Al Arabiya English. Al Arabiya. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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