- United Arab States
Infobox Former Country
native_name =
conventional_long_name = United Arab States
common_name = United Arab States|
continent = Africa and Asia
region = Arab World
era = Cold War
status = Confederation|
year_start = 1958
year_end = 1961|
event_start =
date_start =
event_end =
date_end = |
p1 = Kingdom of Egypt
flag_p1 = Flag of Egypt 1922.svg
p2 = Syria
flag_p2 = Syria-flag 1932-58 1961-63.svg
p3 = Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen
flag_p3 = Flag of the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen.svg
s1 = Egypt
flag_s1 = Flag of United Arab Republic.svg
s2 = Syria
flag_s2 = Syria-flag 1932-58 1961-63.svg
s3 = Yemen Arab Republic
flag_s3 = Flag of North Yemen.svg|
map_caption = A map of the United Arab States|
common_languages = Arabic
religion = IslamThe United Arab States (UAS) was a short-lived
confederation ofEgypt ,Syria andNorth Yemen between1958 and1961 .The
United Arab Republic was a sovereign state formed by a union between Egypt and Syria in 1958. TheMutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen (North Yemen), which already had signed a defense pact with Egypt, joined the new state in 1958 in a loose confederation called the United Arab States. Neither the union, nor the confederation, fulfilled their role as vehicles of pan-Arab nationalism, and they were dissolved in 1961.See also
*
United Arab Republic , a federation between the Egypt and Syria (1958-61)
*Arab Federation , a confederation betweenIraq andJordan (1958)
*Federation of Arab Republics (1972-1977)
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