It uses the colours of the Hashimite royal family ( that also became a symbol of pan-Arabism ) , the two stars symbolize the two major ethnicities of Iraq , the Arabs and the Kurds .
The flag of Iraq from 1924 -- 1959 .
Iraq uses the colours of the Hashimite royal family ( that also became a symbol of pan-Arabism ) , the two stars symbolize the two major ethnicities of Iraq , the Arabs and the Kurds .
The flag of Iraq from 1924 -- 1959 .