List of Arab flags

Flag map of the Arab World.

The following is a list of Arab flags from the Arab world.

The Arab flags 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 red, black, white and green (Pan-Arab colors); common symbols include stars, crescents and the Shahada.

Arab national flags

Duration	Use	Description
1962 to present	Flag of Algeria
2002 to present	Flag of Bahrain
2002 to present	Flag of Comoros	Four horizontal stripes (each one symbolizing one of the four major islands of the Union of the Comoros) of yellow (representing Mohéli), white (representing Mayotte), red (representing Anjouan), and blue (representing Grande Comore); with a green chevron (symbolizing Islam) based on the hoist side charged with a white crescent and four five-pointed stars (the stars themselves stand for the previously mentioned islands, while the symbol as a whole is often associated with Islam).
1977 to present	Flag of Djibouti	A horizontal bicolour of light blue (representing the sea and the sky, as well as the Issa Somalis) and light green (representing the earth, as well as the Afar people), with a white chevron (symbolizing peace) at the hoist bearing a red star (which stands for the unity of the state and the blood shed by the martyrs of independence) in its centre.
1984 to present	Flag of Egypt
2008 to present	Flag of Iraq
1928 to present	Flag of Jordan
1961 to present	Flag of Kuwait
1943 to present	Flag of Lebanon
2011 to present	Flag of Libya
1958 to present	Flag of Mauritania
1956 to present	Flag of Morocco
1970 to present	Flag of Oman
late 1930s to present	Flag of Palestine
1971 to present	Flag of Qatar
1973 to present	Flag of Saudi Arabia
1960 to present	Flag of Somalia
1970 to present	Flag of Sudan
1980 to present	Flag of Syria
1831 to present ^[1]	Flag of Tunisia
1971 to present	Flag of the UAE
1990 to present	Flag of Yemen

Old Arab national flags

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1958	Flag of the Arab Federation
	1917-1920	Flag of the Arab Revolt
	1972–1977	Flag of the Federation of Arab Republics
	1958-1972	Flag of the United Arab Republic
	1972-2002	Flag of the State of Bahrain
	1963-1975	Flag of the State of Comoros
	1975-1978	Flag of the State of Comoros
	1978-1992	Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros
	1992-1996	Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros
	1996-2001	Flag of the Federal and Islamic Republic of Comoros
	1922-1958	Flag of the Kingdom of Egypt
	1924-1959	Flag of the Kingdom of Iraq
	1959-1963	Flag of the Republic of Iraq
	1963-1991	Flag of the Republic of Iraq
	1991-2004	Flag of the Republic of Iraq
	2004-2008	Flag of the Republic of Iraq
	1969–1972	Flag of the Libyan Arab Republic
	1977-2011	Flag of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
	1932-1934	Flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
	1934-1938	Flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
	1938-1973	Flag of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
	1956-1970	Flag of the Republic of Sudan
	1920	Flag of the Arab Kingdom of Syria
	1932-1961	Flag of the Syrian Republic
	1963-1972	Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic
	1918-1923	Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
	1923-1927	Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
	1927–1962	Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
	1962–1990	Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic
	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

Arab organizations

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
		Flag of the Arab League
		Flag of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference
		Flag of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf

Internal and disputed Arab territories

Flag	Duration	Use	Description
	1988-present (Debatable)	Flag of the State of Palestine
	1976–present	Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
	1996–present	Flag of Somaliland
		Flag of Syria as claimed by the Syrian Arab Republic
		Flag of Syria as claimed by the Syrian opposition

References

↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20080613175430/http://www.ministeres.tn/html/indexdrapeau.html

Flags of the Arab League States

Algeria Bahrain Comoros Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman State of Palestine¹ Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates Yemen

¹ Arab League member; partially recognized internationally

Lists of flags

Lists of flags

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