Flag of Yemen

Republic of Yemen

Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	May 22, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-05-22)
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
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
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 State 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 the Arab Liberation Flag of 1952, introduced after the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 in which Arab nationalism was a dominant theme. The Arab Liberation Flag of 1952 served as the inspiration for the flags of both North and South Yemen prior to unification, 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]