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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
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
Specialist newspapers
Restricted circulation newspapers
Defunct newspapers
Ad Domari , satirical weekly, lasted for 104 issues only, as it was closed by the authorities in July 2003.
[3]
Enab Baladi , Independent weekly, announced closure on 23 November 2023.
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
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