Flag of the United Arab Republic
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{{Infobox flag
| Name = United Arab Republic
| Article =
| Image = Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024) (stars variant 2).svg
| Image_size =
| Nickname = "The Arab Banner"
| Use = 110110
| Symbol =
| Proportion = 2:3
| Adoption = 22 February 1958
| Relinquished = 1961 in Syria, 1972 in Egypt
| Design = A horizontal tricolour of red, white, and black; charged with two green stars at the center
| Designer = National Union of the United Arab Republic
}}{{Distinguish|Flag of Iraq#Ba'athist Iraq (1963–2004)|Flag of the United Arab Emirates}}
The Flag of the United Arab Republic ({{Langx|ar|علم الجمهورية العربية المتحدة}}) was adopted following the unification of Egypt and Syria into a single state known as the United Arab Republic on 22 February 1958. Syria left the union on 28 September 1961 following the 1961 Syrian coup d'état.https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Arab-Republic Egypt would continue to use the name and symbols of the United Arab Republic until 1972.https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/eg-uar.html The flag would be readopted by Ba'athist Syria in 1980, leading to its use as a symbol of Neo-Ba'athism.
Design
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 the Arab Liberation Flag that was used in Egypt since the 1952 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.{{Cite book |last=Marshall |first=Tim |url=https://www.google.com/books?id=ysYpDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA124 |title=A Flag Worth Dying For: The Power and Politics of National Symbols |date=2017-07-04 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |isbn=978-1-5011-6833-8 |pages=124 |language=en}} The two stars represented Egypt and Syria, and their green color represented Islam.https://www.presidency.eg/en/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1/%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A9/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B7%D9%86%D9%89/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A9/#:~:text=The%20new%20flag%20consisted%20of,Syria%20still%20uses%20this%20flag.https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/xo-uar.html{{cite web |url=http://flagspot.net/flags/arabcol.html |title=Pan-Arab Colours |last=Mills |first=T. F. |publisher=Flags of the World |date=10 March 2012 |access-date=24 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121113021805/http://flagspot.net/flags/arabcol.html |archive-date=13 November 2012 }}
Later use
{{Multiple image
| direction = vertical
| image1 = Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024) (stars variant 1).svg
| total_width = 120
| image2 = Flag of Iraq (1963–1991).svg
| caption2 = Iraq adopted a variation of the UAR's flag with a third star to represent Iraqi aspirations to join a new Arab Union
| align = right
}}
Egypt continued to use the flag of the United Arab Republic until 1972, after it changed its official name to the Arab Republic of Egypt. It was briefly used by North Yemen between 27 September and 1 November 1962 during the North Yemen civil war and was used as the flag of the Syrian Arab Republic under Ba'athist rule between 1980 and 2024. In 1963, Iraq adopted a flag that was similar but with three stars, representing the hope that Iraq would join the United Arab Republic.
File:Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1971), Flag of Syria (1980–2024).svg|The UAR flag was readopted by the Ba'ath Party of Syria as the flag of Syria used from 1980 to 2024
File:Flag of Iraq (1963–1991).svg|The flag of Iraq used from 1963 until 2008 and still remains in use as a symbol of various movements in the country, was also breifly used in Syria
File:Flag of Iraq.svg|The flag of Iraq after 2008 retains the basic layout and colors of the previous flag
File:Flag of the Yemen Arab Republic.svg|Flag of North Yemen used from 1962 until reunification, was based on the UAR flag due to North Yemen's former position in the United Arab States
File:Flag of Khuzestan.svg|Flag of the Iraqi-backed Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan in Iran, first used during the Iran–Iraq War
Armed forces flags
{{main|Armed Forces of the United Arab Republic}}
File:Army flag of the United Arab Republic.svg|Army flag of the United Arab Republic (1958–1961) and Egypt (1961–1972)
File:Naval Ensign of the United Arab Republic.svg|Naval Ensign of the United Arab Republic (1958–1961) and Egypt (1961–1972)
File:Airforce Ensign of the United Arab Republic.svg|Air Force Ensign of the United Arab Republic (1958–1961) and Egypt (1961–1972)
Gallery
File:Flag of Egypt (1922-1958).svg|Egyptian flag before 1958
Flag of Syria (1930–1958, 1961–1963).svg|Syrian flag before 1958
Flag of the United Arab Republic.svg|Egyptian flag after 1961 (Egypt used the UAR name and symbols until 1972) and Syrian flag after 1980 until 2024
Flag of Syria (1930–1958, 1961–1963).svg|Syrian flag from 1961 to 1963