three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and black
the band colors derive from the Arab Liberation flag and represent oppression (black), overcome through bloody struggle (red), to be replaced by a bright future (white) note: similar to the flag of Syria, which has two green stars in the white band, and of Iraq, which has an Arabic inscription centered in the white band
also similar to the flag of Egypt, which has a heraldic eagle centered in the white band
