Editing Assyrian flag (section)

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{{Infobox flag
|Name = Assyria
|Article =
|Image = Flag of the Assyrians (gold and blue Assur).svg
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|Use = [[Ethnic flag]]
|Symbol =
|Proportion = 
|Adoption = {{Start date and age|1971}}
|Design = White field with a golden circle at the center, surrounded by a four-pointed star in blue.
Four triple-colored (red-white-blue), widening, wavy stripes connect the center to the four corners of the flag.
|Designer = George Bet Atanus}}

The '''Assyrian flag''' ({{langx|syr|ܐܬܐ ܐܬܘܪܝܬܐ}} {{translit|sem|ʾāṯā ʾāṯōrāytā}} or {{lang|aii|ܐܬܐ ܕܐܬܘܪ}} {{translit|sem|ʾāṯā d-ʾāṯōr}})<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.assyrianlanguages.org/sureth/list.php?initial=%27|title=List of all entries|website=www.assyrianlanguages.org}}</ref> is widely used to represent the [[Assyrian nationalism|Assyrian nation]] in the [[Assyrian homeland|homeland]] and in the [[Assyrian–Chaldean–Syriac diaspora|diaspora]]. The flag was first designed by George Bit Atanus in 1968,<ref name="auaf.us">{{cite web |date=2017-03-27 |title=The History and Meaning Behind the Assyrian Flag |url=https://www.auaf.us/blog/the-history-and-meaning-behind-the-assyrian-flag/ |access-date=2020-06-27 |website=Assyrian Cultural Foundation}}</ref> and was adopted in 1971 during a gathering of Assyrian organizations. The [[Assyrian Universal Alliance]], [[Bet-Nahrain Democratic Party]], [[Assyrian Democratic Organization]], and all participants at the Assyrian Universal Alliance World Congress are believed to be some of the first organizations to have adopted the modern Assyrian flag.

The flag has a white background with a golden circle at the center, surrounded by a four-pointed star in blue, representing the ancient sun god [[Shamash]]. Four triple-colored (red-white-blue), widening, wavy stripes connect the center to the four corners of the flag. The figure of pre-[[Christianity|Christian]] [[Ancient Mesopotamian religion|Assyrian God]] Ashur, known from [[Architecture of Mesopotamia|Iron Age iconography]], features above the center.