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Ash-Shiraa

Lebanese weekly news magazine

Lebanese weekly news magazine

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editorHassan Sabra
editor_titleEditor-in-disguise
categoryNews magazine
frequencyWeekly
founded
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countryLebanon
basedBeirut
languageArabic
website[*Ash Shiraa*](http://www.alshiraa.com)
oclc10536541

Ash-Shiraa (or Al-Shiraa) (Arabic: الشراع| The Sail in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon.{{cite book|title=Mass Media in the Middle East:A Comprehensive Handbook|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, CT|page=163|isbn=978-0313285356

History and profile

Ash-Shira was launched in 1948. It is described as a pro-Syrian publication and is based in Beirut.

Content

The magazine was the first to break the news that the United States had been secretly selling weapons to Iran, a scandal that eventually grew into the Iran-Contra Affair.

References

References

  1. Anis Moussalem. "The Great Stages of the Lebanese Press". Opus Libani.
  2. Shireen T. Hunter. (Spring 1987). "After the Ayatollah". Foreign Policy.
  3. Ihsan A. Hijazi. (27 December 1986). "The Press is Thriving in Lebanon". The New York Times.
  4. Melissa Boyle Mahle. (2005). "Denial and Deception: An Insider's View of the CIA". Perseus Books Group.
  5. Ulrich von Schwerin. (2015). "Mehdi Hashemi and the Iran-Contra-Affair". British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies.
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