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| Adopted | 1972 |
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| Relinquished | 1977 (Libya) 1980 (Syria) 1984 (Egypt) |
| Design | A horizontaltricolour of red, white, and black; charged with goldenHawk of Quraish. |
Theflag of theFederation of Arab Republics was the flag ofEgypt,Libya andSyria from 1972–1977. The flag is a horizontal tricolour of red, white and black with a goldenHawk of Quraish placed on the center on the white stripe.[1][2][3]
The flag was abandoned in Libya in 1977 afterMuammar Gaddafi established theSocialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and adopted a green flag.
Egypt and Syria continued to still used the flag of the Federation of Arab Republics until the early 1980s. Syria adopted the former United Arab Republic flag in 1980 and Egypt in 1984.[4] Syria continued to use the 1980 flag until 2024.
Syria used the flag of the federation unaltered. Egypt and Libya added the name of the state below the coat of arms.
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