Arab Flags

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Flags of Arab League nations

Date	Use	Description
1962-	Flag of Algeria	The national flag of Algeria consists of two equal vertical stripes, green and white, and bears, in the centre, a red star and crescent.
2002-	Flag of Bahrain	The national flag of Bahrain consists of a white band on the left separated from a red area on the right by five triangles that serve as a serrated line.
2002-	Flag of Comoros	The Comorian Flag adopted in 2001 has four horizontal stripes in (from top) Yellow, white, red and blue representing the 4 Islands of Comoros, with a triangular left border, similar to Pan-Arab triangle, with a crescent and 4 vertical stars, also representing the Islands and the Country's Religion of Islam.
1977-	Flag of Djibouti	The national flag of Djibouti features two equal horizontal bands of blue (top) and green with a white isosceles triangle based on the hoist side bearing a red five-pointed star in the centre.
1984-	Flag of Egypt	The flag of Egypt in its current form was adopted on October 4, 1984. It depicts the national emblem; Eagle of Saladin (a shield superimposed on a golden eagle facing the hoist side above a scroll bearing the name of the country in Arabic) centered in the white band of the three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black.
2004-	Flag of Iraq	a tricolor horizontal red, white and black, with three stars in the white middle, and a Kufic script in Arabic "Allahu Akbar" or, god is great.
1946-	Flag of Jordan	The flag consists of three horizontal bands (black, white and green) that are all connected by a red triangle on the left edge. The horizontal colors stand for the Abbasid, Umayyad and Fatimid Caliphates. The red triangle is for the Hashemite dynasty and the Arab Revolt.
1963-	Flag of Kuwait	a ricolor horzontal flag with green, white and red, and a black semi triangle on the left side.
1943-1933 ,1949-	Flag of Lebanon	The flag is formed of two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal white stripe. The white stripe is to be two times a red one. The green cedar in the middle touches both red stripes and its width is one third of the width of the flag.
1977 -	Flag of Libya	The flag of Libya (adopted on November 11, 1977) consists of a simple green field with no other characteristics.
1959-	Flag of Mauritania	The national flag of Mauritania was adopted on April 1, 1959. The colors of green and gold are considered Pan-African colors. Green is also to symbolize Islam, and the gold for the sands of the Sahara desert. The crescent and star are symbols of Islam, which is the major religion in the nation.
1848-	Flag of Morocco	The flag of Morocco is made of a red field with a black-bordered green interwoven star
1948-	Flag of Oman	The national flag of Oman consists of three stripes (white, green and red) with a red bar on the left that contains the national emblem of Oman. The white stands for peace and prosperity, the green for fertility and the Green Mountains, and the red for battles against foreign invaders. The red is also the colour of the former flag of the nation when it was known simply as the Sultanate of Muscat.
1918-1940 1990-	Flag of Palestine	The flag is constituted of three equal horizontal stripes (black, white and green from top to bottom) overlaid by a red isosceles triangle issuing from the hoist and reaching one third of the way to the fly. (See Pan-Arab colors.) The flag is almost identical to that of the Ba'th Party and very similar to the flags of Western Sahara and Jordan.
1918-1940, 1989-	Flag of Qatar	The flag of Qatar is maroon flag with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side.
1973-	Flag of Saudi Arabia	It is a green flag featuring in white an Arabic inscription "la illah illa Allah, Mohamed Rasul allah" , "there is no other god but Allah and Muhammed is his prophet". With a sword under the script.
1964-	Flag of Somalia	The flag of Somalia is made of a UN light blue field with a five pointed white star.
1937-	Flag of Sudan	consists of a red-white-black tricolor with a green triangle next to the hoist, and has traditional Pan-Arab Colors.
1958-1961, 1980-	Flag of Syria	The pattern of red, white and black stripes, also present on the flags of Egypt, Yemen, Iraq among others.
1911-	Flag of Tunisia	The crescent and star are traditional symbols of Islam, and are also considered to be symbols of good luck. The crescent and star is also an indication of Tunisia's history as a part of the Ottoman Empire. The red color while a carry-over from Ottoman times. The flag was readopted upon independence from France since it had been the flag of Tunisia under Ottoman control.
1971-	Flag of UAE	It contains the Pan-Arab colors red, green, white and black, which symbolize Arabian unity.
1991-	Flag of Yemen	The national flag of Yemen was adopted on May 22, 1990, the same day that North Yemen and South Yemen unified. The pattern of red, white and black stripes was also present on the flags of North and South Yemen, symbolizing Pan-Arabism, as are the flags of Egypt, Syria, Iraq among others.