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List of newspapers in Syria

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Newspapers were first published in Syria during the Ottoman era. The first newspaper published in the country was Hadiqat al-Akhbar, published in 1857 by Khalil Al Khuri. The number of the newspapers increased when the country was under French mandate.

Contents

The below is a list of newspapers in Syria.

National political newspapers

  • Tishreen, Official daily
  • Al-Thawra, Official daily
  • Al-Watan, Independent daily
  • Enab Baladi, Independent weekly

    • Political parties' newspapers

  • Al-Ba'ath, daily, official newspaper of the Ba'ath Party
  • An Nour, weekly, official newspaper of the Syrian Communist Party, Yusef al-Faysal faction
  • Sawt ash-Shaab, weekly, official newspaper of the Syrian Communist Party, Khaled Bakdash faction
  • Al-Wahdawi, weekly, official newspaper of the Socialist Unionists Party

    • Local newspapers

  • Qassioun (Damascus)
  • Baladna (Damascus)
  • Al-Jamahir (Aleppo), daily
  • Al-Ouruba (Homs), daily
  • Al-Wehda (Lattakia), daily
  • Al-Jabal (Sweida), weekly
  • Al-Fidaa (Hamah), daily
  • Al-Furat (Deir ez-Zor), daily

    • Specialist newspapers

  • Al-Mawqef Al-Riadi, sports weekly
  • Al-Iqtissadiya, economic weekly

    • Restricted circulation newspapers

  • Al-Ghad, student half-monthly, published by the National Union of Syrian Students
  • Al-Maseera, published by the Revolution Youth Union

    • Defunct newspapers

  • Enab Baladi, Arabic and English Newspaper & Online News Website
  • Ad Domari, satirical weekly, lasted for 104 issues only, as it was closed by the authorities in July 2003.
  • Al Alam, independent daily (1946–1950), issued by Al-Alam publishing house, which was owned by Izzat Husrieh
  • Al Qabas (Damascus), owned by Najeeb Al Rayes
  • Nidal ash-Shaab, issued irregularly, the official newspaper of the Syrian Communist Party until 2001; the public sale of the newspaper was prohibited by the Syrian government, and it was delivered to party members only
  • Syria Times, English-language official daily

    • References

    List of newspapers in Syria Wikipedia
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