Yemen

The flag of Yemen is an equal horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black.
==Symbolism==
Red, white, and black, are traditional colours of the Middle East region. They are known as the Arab Liberation colours (a subset of the Pan-Arab colours). This flag is a combination of the two flags of the two former regions that made up what Yemen is today. yemen flag and description at WorldAtlas.Com
==History==
After independence from the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Yemen used a red flag, then added a white inscription on 1923, and on 1927, replaced it with a sword and four stars from 1927 to 1962.
File:Kingdom of Yemen (1918-1923).svg|Kingdom of Yemen(1918-1923)
File:Kingdom of Yemen (1923-1927).svg|Kingdom of Yemen(1923-1927)
File:Kingdom of Yemen (1927-1962).svg|Kingdom of Yemen(1927-1962)
In 1962, Yemen split into two countries. Both parts of the country (People's Democratic Republic of Yemen and Yemen Arab Republic) modelled their separate flags on the Egyptian flag. When the two countries were unified, the common elements - the pan-Arab red, white and black stripes - were preserved for the new united flag. The end result was very similar to the Egyptian flag, the only difference being that there is an eagle in the center white stripe of the Egyptian flag.
File:Yemen Arab Republic.svg|The flag of the Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen).
File:South Yemen.svg|The flag of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen).
==References==
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