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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Founder(s) | Rami Makhlouf |
Publisher | Syrian Arab Publishing and Distributing Company |
Editor | Waddah Abed Rahbo [1] |
Associate editor | Lara Touma |
News editor | Ganbalat Shakai |
Founded | 2006 |
Political alignment | Pro-government |
Language | Arabic |
Headquarters | Damascus |
Country | Syria |
Sister newspapers | Al Iqtissadiya |
Website |
Al Watan.sy Al Watan Online.com |
Al-Watan ( Arabic: الوطن, lit. 'The Homeland') is a privately owned government-aligned [2] Syrian Arabic language daily newspaper published in Syria.
Al Watan was launched in 2006. [3] [4] 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), but its editorial line and reporting is practically identical to that of the public-owned papers. [2] In fact, the owner of the daily is the cousin of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Rami Makhlouf. [3] Its sister daily is Al Iqtissadiya. [5]
The online edition of the paper was the 33rd most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region. [6]
Prominent people: Douaa Jarkas
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Founder(s) | Rami Makhlouf |
Publisher | Syrian Arab Publishing and Distributing Company |
Editor | Waddah Abed Rahbo [1] |
Associate editor | Lara Touma |
News editor | Ganbalat Shakai |
Founded | 2006 |
Political alignment | Pro-government |
Language | Arabic |
Headquarters | Damascus |
Country | Syria |
Sister newspapers | Al Iqtissadiya |
Website |
Al Watan.sy Al Watan Online.com |
Al-Watan ( Arabic: الوطن, lit. 'The Homeland') is a privately owned government-aligned [2] Syrian Arabic language daily newspaper published in Syria.
Al Watan was launched in 2006. [3] [4] 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), but its editorial line and reporting is practically identical to that of the public-owned papers. [2] In fact, the owner of the daily is the cousin of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Rami Makhlouf. [3] Its sister daily is Al Iqtissadiya. [5]
The online edition of the paper was the 33rd most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region. [6]
Prominent people: Douaa Jarkas