| The Assyrian flag is the flag chosen by the Assyrianist faction to represent the Assyrian/Syriac nation in the homeland and in the diaspora. It contrasts with the Syriac flag flown by the Aramaeanist faction.
George Atanos first designed the flag in 1968. The Assyrian Universal Alliance, Assyrian National Federation and Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party all adopted it in 1971. The flag has a white background with a golden circle at the center, surrounded by a four-pointed star in blue. Four triple-coloured (red-white-blue), widening, wavy stripes connect the center to the four corneds of the flag. The Bet-Nahrain party added[citation needed] the figure of a feather-robed archer known from Iron Age iconography in red above the center.
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