Type | Weekly newspaper |
---|---|
Owner(s) | Rami Makhlouf |
Founded | 1 June 2001 |
Political alignment | Pro-government |
Language | Arabic |
Headquarters | Damascus |
Sister newspapers | Al Watan |
Website | Iqtissadiya |
Al Iqtissadiya ( Arabic: الاقتصادية; Economy) is a weekly Arabic newspaper published in Syria. The paper is one of the first privately owned publications in Syria. [1] Its sister paper is Al Watan, a daily newspaper. [2]
Al Iqtissadiya was launched in June 2001. [3] The owner of the weekly is Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of the Syrian President Bashar Assad. The paper, based in Damascus, is published on Sundays. [4] It focuses on financial and business news, including local news, international news, economical research and studies. [4] [5] As of 2012 the paper both exhibited a critical attitude towards slow progress in the economic and social fields and clearly supported the Assad regime's national and foreign policies. [2] In 2005, the editor-in-chief of the paper was Waddah Abed Rabbo. [6]
The weekly was the only Syrian publication that paid adequate tribute to Rafik Hariri, the assassinated prime minister of Lebanon in February 2005. [7]
Type | Weekly newspaper |
---|---|
Owner(s) | Rami Makhlouf |
Founded | 1 June 2001 |
Political alignment | Pro-government |
Language | Arabic |
Headquarters | Damascus |
Sister newspapers | Al Watan |
Website | Iqtissadiya |
Al Iqtissadiya ( Arabic: الاقتصادية; Economy) is a weekly Arabic newspaper published in Syria. The paper is one of the first privately owned publications in Syria. [1] Its sister paper is Al Watan, a daily newspaper. [2]
Al Iqtissadiya was launched in June 2001. [3] The owner of the weekly is Rami Makhlouf, the cousin of the Syrian President Bashar Assad. The paper, based in Damascus, is published on Sundays. [4] It focuses on financial and business news, including local news, international news, economical research and studies. [4] [5] As of 2012 the paper both exhibited a critical attitude towards slow progress in the economic and social fields and clearly supported the Assad regime's national and foreign policies. [2] In 2005, the editor-in-chief of the paper was Waddah Abed Rabbo. [6]
The weekly was the only Syrian publication that paid adequate tribute to Rafik Hariri, the assassinated prime minister of Lebanon in February 2005. [7]