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| "The Arab Banner" | |
| Use | Civil andstate flag,civil andstate ensign |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | 22 February 1958 |
| Relinquished | 1961 in Syria, 1972 in Egypt |
| Design | A horizontaltricolour of red, white, and black; charged with two greenstars at the center |
| Designed by | National Union of the United Arab Republic |
TheFlag of the United Arab Republic (Arabic:علم الجمهورية العربية المتحدة) was adopted following the unification ofEgypt andSyria into a single state known as theUnited Arab Republic on 22 February 1958. Syria left the union on 28 September 1961 following the1961 Syrian coup d'état.[1]Egypt would continue to use the name and symbols of the United Arab Republic until 1972.[2] The flag would be readopted byBa'athist Syria in 1980, leading to its use as a symbol ofNeo-Ba'athism.
The flag still remains in use outside of Syria by modern Nasserist political groups such as the IraqiNasserist Socialist Vanguard Party.[citation needed]
The flag consisted of a horizontal triband of red, white, and black, with two green five-pointed stars centred on the white band. The colors were taken from theArab Liberation Flag that was used in Egypt since the1952 Egyptian revolution. The black stood for the experience of colonial oppression endured by Arabs, the red symbolized the sacrifices and bloodshed in the fight for liberation from colonial rule, and white signified peace and bright future envisioned for independent Arab states.[3] The two stars represented Egypt and Syria, and their green color representedIslam.[4][5][6][3]
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Egypt continued to use the flag of the United Arab Republic until 1972, after it changed its official name to theArab Republic of Egypt. It was briefly used byNorth Yemen between 27 September and 1 November 1962 during theNorth Yemen civil war and was used as the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic underBa'athist rule between 1980 and 2024. In 1963,Iraq adopted aflag that was similar but with three stars, representing the hope that Iraq would join the United Arab Republic.
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