Al-Watan (Syria)
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder | Rami Makhlouf |
| Publisher | Syrian Arab Publishing and Distributing Company |
| Editor | Waddah Abed Rahbo[1] |
Associate editor | Anton Pidor[citation needed] |
News editor | Ganbalat Shakai[citation needed] |
| Founded | 2006 |
Political alignment | Pro-government |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Damascus |
| Country | Syria |
Sister newspapers | Al Iqtissadiya |
| Website | |
Al-Watan (Arabic: الوطن, lit. 'The Homeland') is a privately owned government-aligned[2] Syrian Arabic language daily newspaper published in Syria.
History and profile
[edit]Al Watan launched on 5 November 2006[3][4] by editor-in-chief Waddah Abed Rabbo as Syria's first private political newspaper since the beginning of Ba'athist Syria in 1973. Prior to its launch, Syria had four daily newspapers, all state-owned.[5]
The paper is published by the Syrian Arab Publishing and Distributing Company. It is the country's first private daily newspaper since the 1960s (not counting the state party organ Al-Baath), Its sister daily is Al Iqtissadiya.[6]
Reception
[edit]The online edition was the 33rd most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.[7]
Content
[edit]As of 2011, the paper's editorial line and reporting was practically identical to those of state-owned papers.[2] In fact, the owner of the daily is the cousin of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Rami Makhlouf.[3] After the fall of the Assad regime in 2024, the newspaper published a statement from its editor-in-chief Waddah Abd Rabbo saying that it was "only carrying out instructions and publishing the news (the government) sent us".[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ "About us". Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- 1 2 Pies, Judith; Philip Madanat (June 2011). "Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria" (PDF). MediaAcT. Working Paper series (10/2011). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- 1 2 Dany Badran (2013). "Democracy and Rhetoric in the Arab World". The Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 4 (1): 65–86. doi:10.1080/21520844.2013.772685. S2CID 143657988.
- ↑ Salam Kawakibi (2010). "The Private Media in Syria" (PDF). University of Amsterdam and Hivos. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ↑ "Private media hurdle bureaucracy to break new ground". The New Humanitarian. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- ↑ "Syria". Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
- ↑ "Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10". Jad Aoun. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ↑ "No longer Assad's mouthpiece, Syrian media face uncertainty". France 24. 21 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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