Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council has approved a new national flag for the embattled country, officials said. The design consists of a pale blue crescent on a white background, with a yellow strip ...

BAGHDAD – Legislators were outraged, insults were hurled. Opponents dragged out old ethnic divisions and warned of a dark collusion. "It was an organized conspiracy to change the flag," said ...

Designed by London-based Iraqi artist and architect Rifat Chaderji, 77, the flag consists of a white background with a pale blue crescent and three lines running across the bottom; two blue lines ...

The world of vexillology is often filled with heated debate, but yesterday these opinionated folks reached a nearly universal consensus on one issue: Things are looking pretty ugly in Iraq.

“We of course, wish like other nations that Iraq will be stable and have a national anthem and flag that unites all Iraqis with all their diverse backgrounds,” concluded Mokhlis, “but I ...

While the Israeli flag depicts the Star of David between two blue lines representing the Zionist belief in a Greater Israel "from the Nile to the Euphrates" on a white background, Iraq's imposed ...