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The national symbols of Iraq are official and unofficial flags, icons or cultural expressions that are emblematic, ...
The Emblem of Iraq since the rule of Baathism features a golden black eagle looking towards the viewer's left dexter.The eagle is the Eagle of Saladin associated with 20th-century pan-Arabism, bearing a shield of the Iraqi flag, and holding a scroll below with the Arabic words جمهورية العراق (Jumhūriyyat al-ʿIrāq – "Republic of Iraq").
Pages in category "National symbols of Iraq" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Ardulfurataini;
22 January 2008 [1] – present flag of Iraq (ratio: 2:3) Flag of Iraq being flown alongside the Flag of Kurdistan in Erbil (2011) On 22 January 2008, [1] the Council of Representatives of Iraq approved its new design for the national flag, confirmed by Law 9 of 2008 as the compromising temporary replacement for the Ba'athist Saddam-era flag
Flag of Iraq (1959-1963) bearing the ancient Assyro-Babylonian Star of Ishtar symbol in red behind the Kurdish yellow sun. The concept of contemporary Iraqi national identity may have originated with the rebellion and subsequent British siege of Najaf in 1918 during World War I, but this is disputed. [7]
The sequence of symbols — a lion, eagle, bull, fig tree and plough — was found etched into Assyrian temple ruins in the ancient city of Dūr-Šarrukīn, located in present day Khorsabad, Iraq ...
Following the toppling of the monarchy of North Yemen in 1962, the Eagle became the national symbol of the new Yemen Arab Republic, and later of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen in South Yemen in 1967. Likewise, Iraq's 1963 Ramadan Revolution by the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party led to Iraq also adopting the Eagle as Iraq's coat of arms ...
The Lion of Babylon is an ancient Babylonian symbol. [1] History ... The lion featured as the dexter supporter on the coat of arms of Iraq from 1932–1959.