Explanation
This happens because Safari treats :before and :after pseudo-elements as if they were real elements. E.g. think about a container with 7 items. If container has :before and :after Safari will position the items like this:
[:before ] [1st-item] [2nd-item]
[3rd-item] [4th-item] [5th-item]
[6th-item] [7th-item] [:after ]
Solution
As an alternative to the accepted answer I remove :before & :after from flex containers instead of altering the HTML. In your case:
.flexthis.container:before,
.flexthis.container:after,
.flexthis.row:before,
.flexthis.row:after {
content: normal; // IE doesn't support `initial`
}