Flags of the Protagonists in the Arab-Israeli Wars

I wanted to make some Arab-Israeli objective makers for Crossfire and thought flags would be a simple answer. It turns out the Arab states were in a period of transition so the flags are many and varied.

All details and flags taken from Flags of the World (FOTW) in particular their Clickable Map of the Middle East.

Country Flag Period Comments
Egypt 1922-1952
?? 1953-1957 Red-white-black horizontal tricolour like the current flag, but with a different style of eagle emblem in the white stripe, bearing a shield of the crescent and stars.
1958-1971 Flag of United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria)
1972-1984 Flag of Federation of Arab Republics (Egypt, Libya, and Syria)
1984+
Iraq 1924-1958
1959-1963
1963-1991
1991+
Israel 1948+
Jordan 1928+
Libya 1920-1951
1951-1969
1969-1971
1972-1977 Flag of Federation of Arab Republics (Egypt, Libya, and Syria)
1977+
PLO / Palestine 1964+
Saudi Arabia ??
1973+ The hoist of the flag is next to the hilt of the sword.
Syria 1946-1958
1958-1961 Flag of United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria)
1961-1963 Reverted to 1946-1958 flag
1963-1971
1972-1980 Flag of Federation of Arab Republics (Egypt, Libya, and Syria)
1980+ Reverted to 1958-1961 flag
Yemen 1918-1962
1962-1990 North Yemen only
1967-1990 South Yemen only
1990+

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