Syria on 3 July unveiled a new national emblem during a televised ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Damascus, with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa declaring it a symbol of “a united, indivisible Syria.” The launch, accompanied by simultaneous events in major city squares, is the most visible rebranding since the Baath Party and Bashar al-Assad were ousted late last year. The design centres on a golden eagle whose wings carry 14 feathers—one for each governorate and, officials said, for the 14 years of uprising that preceded Assad’s fall. Three stars above the bird replace the two that once sat on a shield, while wheat ears and other Baath-era motifs have been dropped. Five tail feathers represent Syria’s north, south, east, west and centre. Officials said the emblem will soon appear on all government seals, identity cards and passports, marking a formal break with six decades of Baathist iconography. Al-Sharaa called the redesign part of a broader effort to restore Syria’s international standing and to signal a cultural ‘death’ of the former regime’s legacy. Residents celebrated with fireworks, drone light shows and rallies from Damascus and Aleppo to Latakia and Idlib. Mobile networks sent text alerts announcing what state media described as “a renewed emblem of determination and emancipation in the sky of freedom.”