Arab Liberation Flag

The Arab Liberation Flag (Arabic: علم التحرير العربي) is a pan-Arab tricolor flag originally designed and adopted by the Egyptian Free Officers movement following the 1952 Egyptian revolution.

The tricolor flag consists of horizontal stripes in red, white, and black.

Today, its variations are used as the national flags of Egypt, Iraq, Yemen, and Sudan, and were formerly used by Syria and Libya.

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] Libya ceased using the flag associated with the Federation of Arab Republics in 1977 as a result of Muammar Gaddafi's decision to change Libya's official name to the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and adopt a plain green flag.