On 22nd May 1990, Yemen (Republic of Yemen) became one country after the unification of North Yemen and South Yemen.
The Flag of Yemen was adopted on 22nd May 1990. The flag is the same as the Arab Liberation Flag of 1952. This flag was the inspiration for the flags of North and South Yemen prior to unification. The design of the Yemen flag is a horizontal tricolour of red, white and black. These colours are the Pan-Arab colours along with green.
The red represents the bloodshed lost in the country’s struggle for independence, white symbolises hope for the future, and black stands for the country’s dark days of the past.
North Yemen was an independent state from 1918 to 1962 and was known as the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen. The flag used changed three times during this period but was always a red background. From 1918 to 1923 it was a plain red flag, from 1923 -1927 it was a red background with Arabic wording and from 1927-1962 it used the red background with a white Arabian sword and 5 stars on it. From 1962 to 1990 North Yemen (now also known as Yemen Arab Republic) created another new flag. This flag had the red, white and black triband with a green star on the white band - green being the other Pan-Arab colour and also the colour of Islam.
South Yemen (also known as The People’s Democratic Republic) was a socialist state and a satellite state of the Soviet Union. Its flag, until unification with North Yemen in 1990, was a red, white and black triband but with a sky-blue triangle on the left side with an angled red star inside; the red star symbolising socialism.
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