List of Arab flags

Flags of Arab countries, territories, and organisations usually include the color green, which is a symbol of Islam as well as an emblem of purity, fertility and peace. Common colors in Arab flags are Pan-Arab colors (red, black, white and green); common symbols include stars, crescents and the Shahada.

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.
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.
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.
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, "ALLAH 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.
1951 to 1969 then 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.
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 a green 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 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 Allah; 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.
2024 to present	Flag of Syria	Three horizontal bands of green, white and black and three red 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.

Duration	Use	Description
1917–1920	Flag of the Arab Revolt
1958	Flag of the Arab Federation
1958–1972, 1980–2024	Flag of the United Arab Republic, the Arab Republic of Egypt, and the Syrian Arab Republic
1972–1984	Flag of the Arab Republic of Egypt
1972–2002	Flag of the State of Bahrain
1924–1958	Flag of the Hashemite Kingdom of Iraq
1963–2008	Flag of the Iraqi Republic
1991–2004	Flag of the Iraqi Republic	Variant of the 1963 flag featuring a takbir written in a handwriting of Saddam Hussein
2004–2008	Flag of Iraq	Variant of the 1963 flag featuring a takbir written in Kufic script
1977–2011	Flag of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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
1972–1980	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	Flag of the Sultanate of Zanzibar

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.

List of Arab flags

Lists of national flags

United Nations member states and observers

Partially recognised States

Old Arab national flags

Arab organizations

Other Arab territories

See also

References

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