| Name |
Flag image |
Flag description |
| Bahrain |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Bahrain-flag.jpg |
red with a white serrated band (five white points) on the hoist side; the five points represent the five pillars of Islam |
| Cyprus |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Cipro-flag.jpg |
white with a copper-colored silhouette of the island (the name Cyprus is derived from the Greek word for copper) above two green crossed olive branches in the center of the flag; the branches symbolize the hope for peace and reconciliation between the Greek and Turkish communities. note: the Turkish Cypriot flag has a horizontal red stripe at the top and bottom between which is a red crescent and red star on a white field |
| Iran |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Iran-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red; the national emblem (a stylized representation of the word Allah in the shape of a tulip, a symbol of martyrdom) in red is centered in the white band; ALLAH AKBAR (God is Great) in white Arabic script is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the top edge of the red band |
| Iraq |
http://open-site.org/img/overgaag/ik-vlag.gif |
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black with three green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; the phrase ALLAHU AKBAR (God is Great) in green Arabic script - Allahu to the right of the middle star and Akbar to the left of the middle star - was added in January 1991 during the Persian Gulf crisis; similar to the flag of Syria which has two stars but no script and the flag of Yemen, which has a plain white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt which has a symbolic eagle centered in the white band |
| Israel |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Israele-flag.jpg |
white with a blue hexagram (six-pointed linear star) known as the Magen David (Shield of David) centered between two equal horizontal blue bands near the top and bottom edges of the flag |
| Jordan |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Jordania-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of black (top, the Abbassid Caliphate of Islam), white (the Ummayyad Caliphate of Islam), and green (the Fatimid Caliphate of Islam) with a red isosceles triangle (representing the Great Arab Revolt of 1916) based on the hoist side bearing a small white seven-pointed star symbolizing the seven verses of the opening Sura (Al-Fatiha) of the Holy Koran; the seven points on the star represent faith in One God, humanity, national spirit, humility, social justice, virtue, and aspirations |
| Kuwait |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Kuwait-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red with a black trapezoid based on the hoist side |
| Lebanon |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Libano-flag.jpg |
three horizontal bands of red (top), white (double width), and red with a green cedar tree centered in the white band |
| Oman |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Oman-flag.jpg |
three horizontal bands of white, red, and green of equal width with a broad, vertical, red band on the hoist side; the national emblem (a khanjar dagger in its sheath superimposed on two crossed swords in scabbards) in white is centered near the top of the vertical band |
| Qatar |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Qatar-flag.jpg |
maroon with a broad white serrated band (nine white points) on the hoist side |
| Saudi Arabia |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/ArabiaSa-flag.jpg |
green with large white Arabic script (that may be translated as There is no God but God; Muhammad is the Messenger of God) above a white horizontal saber (the tip points to the hoist side); green is the traditional color of Islam |
| Syria |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Siria-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black, with two small green five-pointed stars in a horizontal line centered in the white band; similar to the flag of Yemen, which has a plain white band, and of Iraq, which has three green stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a horizontal line centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt, which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band |
| Turkey |
http://open-site.org/img/aengin/flag.gif |
red with a vertical white crescent (the closed portion is toward the hoist side) and white five-pointed star centered just outside the crescent opening |
| United Arab Emirates |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/EmirArabi-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and black with a wider vertical red band on the hoist side |
| Yemen |
http://open-site.org/img/chirone/Yemen-flag.jpg |
three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black; similar to the flag of Syria, which has two green stars and of Iraq which has three green stars (plus an Arabic inscription) in a horizontal line centered in the white band; also similar to the flag of Egypt, which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band |