Al-Iqtissadiya

Al-Iqtissadiya
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]

History and profile

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]

References

"Syria: Editor comments on publication of first independent political magazine". BBC. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
"Syria". Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
Alan George (2003). Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom. London; New York: Zed Books. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-84277-213-3.
"Media domain". MAG Advertising. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
"Al Iqtissadiya Newspaper". SyriaYP. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
"Hit List: Syria wants more Lebanese blood". Ya Libnan. 1 August 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
Sami Moubayed (24 February – 2 March 2005). "Trying times for Damascus". Al Ahram Weekly. Vol. 731. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.

External links

Official website

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[1] "Syria: Editor comments on publication of first independent political magazine". BBC. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

[apn-2] "Syria". Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

[3] Alan George (2003). Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom. London; New York: Zed Books. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-84277-213-3.

[mag-4] "Media domain". MAG Advertising. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013.

[syp-5] "Al Iqtissadiya Newspaper". SyriaYP. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

[6] "Hit List: Syria wants more Lebanese blood". Ya Libnan. 1 August 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2012.

[7] Sami Moubayed (24 February – 2 March 2005). "Trying times for Damascus". Al Ahram Weekly. Vol. 731. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013.