it remains to be seen whether the national anthem is maintained. - Other flags - As the 13-year civil war has dragged on, other flags have cast shadows over Syria. One was the Islamic State group ...

EMILY FENG, BYLINE: I saw him on Syrian flags, on posters, on the sides of buses and cars. And then I heard him everywhere, too... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ABDUL BASET AL-SAROUT ...

where the Spanish national anthem was played, an AFP correspondent reported. "Raising the Spanish flag again is a sign of the hope we have for Syria's future, of the commitment we convey to the ...

She wanted to know who he was, so she and NPR's Jawad Rizkallah went looking. EMILY FENG, BYLINE: I saw him on Syrian flags, on posters, on the sides of buses and cars. And then I heard him everywhere ...