Type | Daily newspaper |
---|---|
Owner(s) | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Founder(s) | Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing |
Publisher | Al Wahda institution |
Editor-in-chief | Youshra Al Masry |
Founded | 1975 |
Political alignment | Ba'athism |
Language | Arabic |
Headquarters | Damascus |
Country | Syria |
Sister newspapers | |
Website | Tishreen |
Tishreen ( Arabic: تشرين, romanized: Tishrīn, lit. 'October') is one of the state-owned Arabic daily newspapers published in Syria. [1] [2] The daily is based in Damascus and has been in circulation since 1975. [3] Tishreen was named after the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. [4] [5]
Tishreen was first published in October 1975. [6] It is a state-owned publication in addition to two other state-owned dailies, namely Al Baath and Al Thawra, which were launched earlier. [4] Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing is the former publisher of the daily. [4] The company also published Syria Times, a defunct English daily and a current e-newspaper. [4] Later Al Wahda institution became the publisher of both publications in addition to Al Thawra. [7]
One of the interviews published in Tishreen was with Nimr Saleh, a dissident member of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1983. [8] The paper published a poem by Najah Al Attar, culture minister, which was written after the death of Hafez Assad's mother, Naisa Assad, in 1993. [9] Mohammad Kheir Al Wadi, then editor-in-chief, wrote in January 2000 "Zionism created the Holocaust myth to blackmail and terrorize the world's intellectuals and politicians." [10] By 2004 the paper became a platform to support the charities in the country along with Al Thawra. [11] Although the daily is owned by the state, it had a critical stance on local news, especially in regard to corruption and mismanagement in 2012. [12]
As of 2005 the editor-in-chief was Khalaf Al Jarrad [13] who was appointed by Hafez Assad to the post in July 2001. [14] Samira Al Masalmeh was named as the editor-in-chief of Tishreen in January 2012. [15] She is the first female editor-in-chief in the country. [15] Then Youshra Al Masry was named as its editor-in-chief. [16]
In 1997, Tishreen launched its website. [17] The paper also has an English news portal, Syria Millennium, which is accessed through its website. [18] In 1992 the paper sold 75,000 copies. [3] Daily circulation of Tishreen was nearly 60,000 in the mid-2000s. [4] The paper's online version was the 48ht most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region. [19]
The website of Tishreen was hacked by unknown groups in late April 2011. [20] In December 2012, Naji Assaad, a journalist for the daily, was assassinated in Damascus allegedly by opposition forces who have been fighting against the Assad government since 2011. [21]
Type | Daily newspaper |
---|---|
Owner(s) | Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
Founder(s) | Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing |
Publisher | Al Wahda institution |
Editor-in-chief | Youshra Al Masry |
Founded | 1975 |
Political alignment | Ba'athism |
Language | Arabic |
Headquarters | Damascus |
Country | Syria |
Sister newspapers | |
Website | Tishreen |
Tishreen ( Arabic: تشرين, romanized: Tishrīn, lit. 'October') is one of the state-owned Arabic daily newspapers published in Syria. [1] [2] The daily is based in Damascus and has been in circulation since 1975. [3] Tishreen was named after the Yom Kippur War in October 1973. [4] [5]
Tishreen was first published in October 1975. [6] It is a state-owned publication in addition to two other state-owned dailies, namely Al Baath and Al Thawra, which were launched earlier. [4] Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing is the former publisher of the daily. [4] The company also published Syria Times, a defunct English daily and a current e-newspaper. [4] Later Al Wahda institution became the publisher of both publications in addition to Al Thawra. [7]
One of the interviews published in Tishreen was with Nimr Saleh, a dissident member of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1983. [8] The paper published a poem by Najah Al Attar, culture minister, which was written after the death of Hafez Assad's mother, Naisa Assad, in 1993. [9] Mohammad Kheir Al Wadi, then editor-in-chief, wrote in January 2000 "Zionism created the Holocaust myth to blackmail and terrorize the world's intellectuals and politicians." [10] By 2004 the paper became a platform to support the charities in the country along with Al Thawra. [11] Although the daily is owned by the state, it had a critical stance on local news, especially in regard to corruption and mismanagement in 2012. [12]
As of 2005 the editor-in-chief was Khalaf Al Jarrad [13] who was appointed by Hafez Assad to the post in July 2001. [14] Samira Al Masalmeh was named as the editor-in-chief of Tishreen in January 2012. [15] She is the first female editor-in-chief in the country. [15] Then Youshra Al Masry was named as its editor-in-chief. [16]
In 1997, Tishreen launched its website. [17] The paper also has an English news portal, Syria Millennium, which is accessed through its website. [18] In 1992 the paper sold 75,000 copies. [3] Daily circulation of Tishreen was nearly 60,000 in the mid-2000s. [4] The paper's online version was the 48ht most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region. [19]
The website of Tishreen was hacked by unknown groups in late April 2011. [20] In December 2012, Naji Assaad, a journalist for the daily, was assassinated in Damascus allegedly by opposition forces who have been fighting against the Assad government since 2011. [21]