Yemen
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Asia · Western Asia
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About the flag
Yemen's flag is three plain horizontal stripes of red, white and black. It uses the Pan-Arab colours and was adopted in 1990, when North and South Yemen united. Red is usually explained as the blood of martyrs and unity, white as a bright future and black as a dark past.
Often confused with
Egypt's white stripe shows a golden eagle.
Iraq's white stripe carries green Arabic writing.
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