Editor-in-chief Hassan Sabra | Frequency Weekly | |
Year founded 1948; 69 years ago (1948) | ||
Ash-Shiraa (or Al-Shiraa) (Arabic: الشراع| The Sail in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon. The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country.
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History and profile
Ash-Shiraa was launched in 1948. It is described as an anti-Syrian publication and is based in Beirut.
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The magazine was the first to report that the United States had been selling weapons to Iran, a scandal that was later revealed to have been part of an arms-for-hostages deal (see Iran-Contra Affair). The report was published in the magazine on 3 November 1986.
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