Raising the flag over Quneitra

Raising the flag over Quneitra was a historic event in Baathist Syria, which took place in the city of Quneitra on 26 June, 1974, at the end of the Yom Kippur War (its final stage on the Golan Heights). Syrian President Hafez al-Assad had arrived in Quneitra, which had been handed over to Syria at the end of the war, and he raised the national flag. The event increased Assad's authority in the Arab world and became an part of his propaganda and personality cult. The day was celebrated annually by the Ba'athist government, and Ba'athist media called it, "The Day of Glory and Dignity."

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