List of Arab flags

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Arab national flags

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1962 to present	Flag of Algeria	Two vertical bands of green and white and the red crescent moon encircling the red five-pointed star in the center within the dividing line.
	2002 to present	Flag of Bahrain	A red field with the white serrated band with five points on the hoist-side.
	1959 to present	Flag of Chad	Three vertical stripes: blue, yellow, and red.
	2002 to present	Flag of Comoros	Four horizontal bands of yellow, white, red and blue and the green isosceles triangle is based on the hoist-side bearing the white vertical crescent moon with the convex side is facing the hoist and in the center and four small white five-pointed stars are placed vertically in the line in between the points of the crescent.
	1977 to present	Flag of Djibouti	Green and blue Rectangle and one Triangle and one red star.
	1984 to present	Flag of Egypt	Three horizontal bands of red, white and black and the National Coat of Arms in gold in the center of the white band.
	1995 to present	Flag of Eritrea	A red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side pointed toward the fly-side and then divided into two right triangles: the upper triangle is green and the lower triangle is blue with an Emblem (1952–1995) in gold (a vertical olive branch encircled by an olive wreath) centered on the hoist side of the triangle.
	2008 to present	Flag of Iraq	Three horizontal bands of red, white and black and the Takbir is written in the Kufic Script in green in the center of the white band. The written of the Takbir is: "ALLAHU AKBAR" (In Arabic for, "GOD IS THE GREATEST").
	1928 to present	Flag of Jordan	Three horizontal bands of black, white and green and the red isosceles triangle is based on the hoist-side bearing the small white seven-pointed star in the center
	1961 to present	Flag of Kuwait	Three horizontal bands of green, white and red and the black trapezoid is based on the hoist-side.
	1943 to present	Flag of Lebanon	Three horizontal bands of red, white (double-width) and red and the green Cedar Tree in the center of the white band.
	2011 to present	Flag of Libya	Three horizontal stripes of red, black (double-width) and green and the white crescent and the five-pointed star in the center of the black stripe.
	1961 to present	Flag of Mali	Three vertical stripes: green, yellow, and red.
	2017 to present	Flag of Mauritania	A green field with the golden five-pointed star and the golden horizontal crescent moon, the closed side is down, in the center in between two red horizontal bands on the top and the bottom edges of the flag.
	1915 to present	Flag of Morocco	A red field with the Seal of Solomon is the green pentagram, a five-pointed linear star, in the center.
	1970 to present	Flag of Oman	Three horizontal bands of white, red and green and the red vertical band is on the hoist-side bearing the National emblem of Oman in white in the center and near the top of the red band.
	1964 to present	Flag of the State of Palestine	A horizontal tricolour of black, white, and green; with a red triangle based at the hoist.
	1971 to present	Flag of Qatar	A maroon field with the white serrated band with nine points on the hoist side.
	1973 to present	Flag of Saudi Arabia	A green field with the Shahada in the Thuluth Script in white and white horizontal saber, with the tip pointing to the hoist-side, in the center. The flag is manufactured with differing obverse and the reverse sides, so that the Shahada reads and the saber points correctly from right to left on both sides. The Shahada is written as "lā ʾilāha ʾillā-llāh, muhammadun rasūlu-llāh", Arabic for "There is no god but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God."
	1970 to present	Flag of Sudan	Three horizontal bands of red, white and black and the green isosceles triangle is based on the hoist-side.
	1980 to present	Flag of Syria	Three horizontal bands of red, white and black and two green five-pointed stars that arranged in the horizontal line in the center of the white band.
	1827 to present[1]	Flag of Tunisia	A red field with the large white disk in the center bearing the red crescent moon nearly encircling the red five-pointed star.
	1971 to present	Flag of the United Arab Emirates	Three horizontal bands of green, white and black and the red vertical band is on the hoist-side.
	1990 to present	Flag of Yemen	Three horizontal bands of red, white and black.

Old Arab national flags

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1917–1920	Flag of the Arab Revolt
	1958	Flag of the Arab Federation
	1958–1972	Flag of the United Arab Republic
	1972–2002	Flag of the State of Bahrain
	1932–1934	Flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
	1934–1938
	1938–1973
	1948 to 1959	Flag of the All-Palestine Protectorate	The All-Palestine Government (Arabic: حكومة عموم فلسطين Ḥukūmat ‘Umūm Filasṭīn) was established on 22 September 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, to govern the Egyptian-controlled territory in Gaza, which Egypt had on the same day declared as the All-Palestine Protectorate, Three horizontal bands of green, white and black and the red equilateral triangle is based on the hoist side.
	1956–1970	Flag of the Republic of Sudan	A horizontal tricolour of blue (representing the Nile), yellow (representing the Sahara), and green (representing farmlands).
	1920	Flag of the Arab Kingdom of Syria
	1932–1958, 1961–1963	Flag of the Mandatory Syrian Republic and Syrian Republic (1946–1963)
	1963–1972	Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic
	1968–1971	Flag of the Trucial States
	1918–1923	Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
	1923–1927
	1927–1962
	1962–1990	Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic
	1379–1967	Flag of the Kathiri Sultanate of Hadhramaut
	1967–1990	Flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen
	1856–1896	Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar
	1963–1964

Arab organizations

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
		Flag of the Arab League
		Flag of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
	1947–present	Flag of the Ba'ath Party	Three equal horizontal stripes (black, white, and green from top to bottom) overlaid by a red triangle issuing from the hoist. These are the Pan-Arab colors.

Other Arab territories

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1964–present	Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority	Similar to the flag of the State of Palestine
	1976–present	Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
	1932–1958, 1961–1963, 2012–present	Flag of Syria as claimed by the Syrian opposition	The flag was originally used for Syrian Arab Republic but then (slightly different) was used as a flag for Syrian opposition

See also

• Flag of the Arab Revolt
• Pan-Arab colors
• Eagle of Saladin
• Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
• Flags with star and crescent

References

•  This article contains quotations from the CIA World Factbook, which is in the public domain.