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Kuwait

There are two airports in Kuwait. Kuwait International Airport serves as the principal hub for international air travel.

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Kuwait International Airport

State-owned Kuwait Airways is the largest airline in the country. A portion of the airport complex is designated as Al Mubarak Air Base, which contains the headquarters of the Kuwait Air Force, as well as the Kuwait Air Force Museum. In 2004, the first private airline of Kuwait, Jazeera Airways, was launched. In 2005, the second private airline, Wataniya Airways was founded.

Flag of Kuwait:

The flag of Kuwait was adopted on September 7, 1961, and officially hoisted November 24, 1961. Before 1961, the flag of Kuwait was red and white, like those of other Persian Gulf states at the time, with the field being red and words or charges being written in white.

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Flag of Kuwait

During the period of Ottoman rule in Kuwait, the Ottoman flag, red with a white crescent and star, was used. This flag was retained after the country became a British protectorate in the Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899. Two different flag designs were proposed but not adopted in the period after this. The first proposal in 1906, a red flag with white Western letters spelling KOWEIT and the second in 1913, the Ottoman flag but the word كويت (Kuwait) in Arabic writing as a canton.

The Ottoman flag kept being used until the First World War, when friendly-fire incidents with the British in 1914 during the Mesopotamian campaign around the river Shatt al-Arab occurred due to Kuwait and the enemy Ottomans both using the same flag. Because of this Kuwait adopted a new flag, red with كويت (Kuwait) in Arabic writing. This flag was in use until 1921, when Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah added the Shahada to the flag. This version was in use until 1940, when he also added a stylized falcons claw to the flag. These flags were also depicted on the Emblems of Kuwait. The red flag remained the national flag of Kuwait until the adoption of the current one in September 1961. The present flag is in the Pan-Arab colors, but each color is also significant in its own right.

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Flag of Kuwait (1915-1961)

Red: The Hashemite dynasty, symbolizes the blood on the swords of Arab warriors.
White: The Umayyad dynasty, symbolizes purity and noble deeds.
Green: The Fatimid dynasty, represents the fertile land of Arabia.
Black: The Abbasid dynasty, represents the defeat of enemies in battle.

The colors’ meaning came from a poem by Safie Al-Deen Al-Hali:

White are our deeds
Black are our battles
Green are our lands
Red are our swords

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