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| Use | National flag and ensign  |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Adopted | May 22, 1990 |
| Design | A horizontal tricolour of red, white and black |
| Presidential standard | |
 | |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | The national flag with the Yemeni coat of arms on the canton corner. |
| Flag of the Armed Forces | |
 | |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | The national flag with the Emblem of the Yemeni Armed Forces in the canton corner. |
| Army flag | |
 | |
| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | A red field with the national flag in the canton corner, and the Emblem of the Yemeni Armed Forces centered on the fly side. |
| Navy Flag | |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | A blue field with the national flag in the canton corner, and the Emblem of the Yemeni Navy centered on the fly side. |
| Air force flag | |
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| Proportion | 2:3 |
| Design | A sky blue field with the national flag in the canton corner, and the Emblem of the Yemeni Air Force centered on the fly side. |
The flag of Yemen (Arabic: علم اليمن, romanized: Alam al-Yaman) was adopted on May 22, 1990, the day that North Yemen and South Yemen were unified. The flag of Yemen is basically the Arab Liberation Flag of July 23, 1952, introduced after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 in which Arab nationalism was a dominant theme. The Arab Liberation Flag of July 23, 1952 served as the derivation for the flags of both North and South Yemen prior to unification by omiting the distinctive elements from the existing designs, as well as for the current flags of Egypt, Iraq, Sudan, Palestine and Syria.[1]
According to the official description, the red stands for unity and the bloodshed of martyrs, the white for a bright future, and the black for the supposed dark past. The flag is graphically identical to the flag of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1972.[1]
- ^ a b Smith, Whitney (February 16, 2001). "Flag of Yemen". Britannica. Retrieved June 12, 2018.