They share the same origin: the “flag of the Arab revolt” raised in 1917 at Aqaba, in what is now southern Jordan. The same colors, and often the same overall design.

Dubai illuminated the world’s tallest building, the 2,717-foot-tall Burj Khalifa, in the American flag colors of red, white, and blue to celebrate President Donald Trump’s visit to the United ...

AL RAYYAN, Qatar — In the tumult, in those minutes of unrestrained joy after Morocco became the first Arab team to reach the quarterfinals of soccer’s World Cup, the players took a moment to ...

The background of the common flag will be the colors used by the Hedjas, which is considered to be the parent state of the Arabian Confederation. Syria is to have one star, Mesopotamia two stars ...

The flag's colors—black, white, red, and green—were inspired by two verses from the Arab poet Safi Al-Din Al-Hilli, symbolizing the nation’s virtues and character: "We are a people whose morals, out ...