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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.

The below is a list of newspapers in Syria.

National political newspapers

  • Tishreen, Official daily
  • Al-Thawra Al-Souria, Official daily
  • Al-Watan, Independent daily
  • Syria Times, English language daily
  • Baladna, 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 (Unified), Yusef al-Faysal faction
  • Sawt ash-Shaab, weekly, official newspaper of the Syrian Communist Party (Bakdash), Khaled Bakdash faction
  • Al-Wahdawi, weekly, official newspaper of the Socialist Unionists Party

Local newspapers

  • Qassioun (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 Revolutionary Youth Union

Defunct newspapers

  • 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
  • AlifBa, published in Damascus between 1930 and 1950
  • 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

References

References

  1. (5 December 2013). "Historical Dictionary of Syria". Scarecrow Press.
  2. Donald J. Cioeta. (May 1979). "Ottoman Censorship in Lebanon and Syria, 1876-1908". International Journal of Middle East Studies.
  3. (2025-03-06). "Enab Baladi printed and distributed in Damascus after over a decade".
  4. "Problems of the Arab press". Al Bab.
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