List of Arab flags

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==
Flag	Duration 	Use 	Description
 	1962 to present 	Flag of Algeria 	Two vertical bands of green and white with the red crescent moon encircling the red five-pointed star centered along 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 stripes of yellow, white, red and blue (from top to bottom); with a green chevron based on the hoist side charged with a white crescent and four five-pointed stars.
 	1977 to present 	Flag of Djibouti 	Two horizontal bands of light blue and light green with the white isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side bearing the red five-pointed star in the center.
 	1984 to present 	Flag of Egypt 	Three horizontal bands of red, white and black with the National Coat of Arms in gold centered on the white band.
 	2008 to present 	Flag of Iraq 	Three horizontal bands of red, white and black with the Takbir ("ALLAHU AKBAR" (In Arabic for, "GOD IS THE GREATEST")) written in the Kufic Script in green centered on the white band.
 	1928 to present 	Flag of Jordan 	Three horizontal bands of black, white and green with the red isosceles triangle 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 with the black trapezoid based on the hoist-side.
 	1943 to present 	Flag of Lebanon 	Three horizontal bands of red, white (double-width) and red with the green Cedar Tree centered on the white band.
 	2011 to present 	Flag of Libya 	Three horizontal stripes of red, black (double-width) and green with the white crescent and the five-pointed star centered on the black stripe.
 	2017 to present 	Flag of Mauritania 	A green field with the golden five-pointed star and the horizontal crescent moon, the closed side is down, in the center and two red horizontal bands on the top and the bottom edges of the flag.
 	1956 to present 	Flag of Morocco 	A red field with the green pentagram (five-pointed linear star), known as the Seal of Solomon in the center.
 	1970 to present 	Flag of Oman 	Three horizontal bands of white, red and green with the red vertical band on the hoist-side bearing the National Emblem in white centered near the top of the band.
 	1988 to Present 	Flag of the State of Palestine 	Three horizontal bands of black, white and green with the red isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side.
 	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 ("LĀ 'ILĀHA 'ILLĀ-LLĀH, MUḤAMMADUR-RASŪLU-LLĀH" (In Arabic for, "THERE IS NO GOD BUT GOD AND MUHAMMAD IS THE MESSENGER OF GOD")) written in the Thuluth script in white above the white horizontal saber, in which the tip was pointed to the hoist-side, in the center. The National 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.
 	1960 to present 	Flag of Somalia 	A light blue field with the large white five-pointed star in the center.
 	1970 to present 	Flag of Sudan 	Three horizontal bands of red, white and black with the green isosceles triangle based on the hoist-side.
 	1980 to present 	Flag of Syria 	Three horizontal bands of red, white and black with two green five-pointed stars arranged in the horizontal line centered on the white band.
 	1831 to present https://web.archive.org/web/20080613175430/http://www.ministeres.tn/html/indexdrapeau.html	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 with the red vertical band 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
 	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 	
 	1959-2017	Flag of the Mauritania 	
 	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 	A horizontal tricolour of blue (representing the Nile), yellow (representing the Sahara), and green (representing farmlands).
 	1920 	Flag of the Arab Kingdom of Syria 	
 	1932-1961	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 	
 	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 	
==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
 	1964-present	Flag of the Palestinian Liberation Organization and the Palestinian National Authority	
 	1976–present	Flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 	
 	1996–present	Flag of Somaliland 	
 	 	Flag of Syria as claimed by the Syrian opposition 	
== References ==
*  This article contains quotations from the CIA World Factbook, which is in the public domain.
==See also==
* Pan-Arab colors
Category:Arab nationalist symbols
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