List of newspapers in Syria

Newspapers were first published in Syria during the Ottoman era. ^[1] The first newspaper published in the country was Hadiqat al-Akhbar , published in 1857 by Khalil al-Khuri. ^[2] The number of the newspapers increased when the country was under French mandate. ^[1]

The below is a list of newspapers in Syria.

National political newspapers

• Tishreen , Official daily
• Al-Thawra , Official daily
• Al-Watan , Independent daily
• Syria Times , English language daily
• Baladna, Independent daily
• Enab Baladi , Independent weekly. ^[3]

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. ^[4]
• 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

See also

• List of newspapers

References

1. David Commins; David W. Lesch (5 December 2013). Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. p. 252. ISBN   978-0-8108-7966-9 . Retrieved 15 September 2014.
2. Donald J. Cioeta (May 1979). "Ottoman Censorship in Lebanon and Syria, 1876-1908". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 10 (2): 167–186. doi:10.1017/s0020743800034759. JSTOR   162125. S2CID   163019820.
3. "Enab Baladi printed and distributed in Damascus after over a decade". Enab Baladi . 2025-03-06. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
4. "Problems of the Arab press". Al Bab. Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

Further reading

• Neil MacFarquhar (2 April 2013), "Syrian Newspapers Emerge to Fill Out War Reporting", New York Times