The flag of ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad's regime remains the standard emoji design across most, if not all platforms. But a new flag flies over Damascus and the rest of a now-free Syria.

And it is not only in Syria that the change has happened. Supporters of the Syrian rebels went into the Syrian embassy in Athens, Greece, and hoisted the rebel flag from the rooftop, it was reported.

Sayegh raised the flag alongside Mayor Mohamed Khairullah of Prospect Park, who was born in Syria, and who also spoke at the event. “Now is the day that we honor all of our martyrs ...