Talk:United Arab Republic

"Conflict with Jordan"

This sentence seems unclear: "Hussein’s response was to propose to Faisal II of Iraq a Jordanian-Iraqi union to counter the UAR, which was formed on February 14, 1958."

Which one was formed on February 14, 1958: the UAR or the Jordanian-Iraqi union?

the UAR was former on Feb 1st. the Federation of Arab Republics (Iraq-Jordan) FAR was formed on Feb 14. but last only a fe months as the Iraqi King was soon overthrown.Xerex 01:16, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

End date

1970 and 1971 are both cited as the year Egypt stopped using the name UAR. Which one is it and what was the exact date of the name change? Jbenson964 18:01, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Map's wrong

The map mixes all of the proposed Arab federations together, but it should show only Egypt and Syria in red, not North Yemen and Libya, as well... —Nightstallion (?) 21:52, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Unitary / Federal

The article at one point mentions that the UAR has a Federal Constitution, then later states it is a Unitary state. The two are incompatible. Not sure which it is, but considering the merger of two countries in this way Federal seems more likely.

Coat of arms image

Think the wrong coat of arms image is used in this article -- the inscription definitely didn't read الجمهورية العربية السورية , and probably the "Eagle of Saladin" was used... AnonMoos (talk) 06:54, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Corrected COA image. AnonMoos (talk) 14:39, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Gumhūrīyah vs. Jumhūrīyah

"Gumhuriya" is the local Egyptian pronunciation, but "Jumhuriya" is the more standard pan-Arab pronunciation, and also closer to the pronunciation used in Syria... AnonMoos (talk) 07:01, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Actually, I think "Ǧumhūrīyah" (with G with a little hachek-thingie on top) was supposed to be a compromise. See further Talk:Coat_of_arms_of_Egypt... AnonMoos (talk) 05:50, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

Map wrong

Gaza strip was part of Egypt until it was annexed by Isreal in 1967. So the Gaza strip should be included in the map. Ijanderson977 (talk) 09:39, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Actually, Egypt said that it merely "administered" the Gaza Strip, and very specifically refrained from annexing it (though Egypt "adminstered" with an iron hand). AnonMoos (talk) 10:35, 3 April 2008 (UTC)

Moreover, Isreal never "annexed" the Gaza strip, which was occupied in the full by the Isrealis between 1967-1994 and in part until 2005. --A.S. Brown (talk) 23:03, 22 November 2010 (UTC)

national anthem

The box with "national anthem" says "Oh, my country" I think this is "Walla Zaman Ya Selahi", but this anthem was adopted in 1960. From 1958-1960 the UAR used an anthem comprising the anthems of the kingdom of egypt and that of syria. The link links to Bilady Bilady Bilady, which wasn't adopted until 1979. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.205.198.172 (talk) 20:25, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Yes, and see Walla Zaman Ya Selahy and Homat el Diyar. This needs to be changed.--189.33.9.33 (talk) 03:40, 20 September 2009 (UTC)

AnonMoos (talk) 15:46, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Wrong flag for Successor state

Wrong flag is shown in the info box for Syria. Should be same flag as the UAR flag.--Mistakefinder (talk) 07:41, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

No, that flag was used for two years after the secession 1961-1963, and then when the Baath Party seized the government, they changed it back into the UAR flag. Yazan (talk) 07:48, 14 March 2011 (UTC)

Nassar considers sending troops

It is my information that President Nassar went further than "considered sending troops" to Syria, but in fact the troops were on the ships that were getting up steam in order to get underway when Nassar was given the intelligence that caused him to call off the planned invasion of Syria.Whogonot (talk) 13:18, 31 December 2011 (UTC)