Al-Ittihad (Lebanese newspaper)

Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد, lit. 'The Union') also known as Al-Ittihad al-Lubnani (The Lebanese Union) was a Lebanese newspaper established in 2017. It was published in Arabic with both a print and online site[1] that offered a pdf issue of the actual print issues. The original licence for Al-Ittihad was given to the journalist Zeidan Zeidan almost a hundred years earlier, but the newspaper had not been published for a long time. The present owner of the newspaper licence was Mustafa Nasser who was also the daily's editor-in-chief.[2]

Al-Ittihad
الاتحاد
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Editor-in-chiefMustafa Nasser
FoundedOctober 23, 2007 (2007-10-23)
LanguageArabic
Ceased publicationDecember 29, 2007 (2007-12-29)

The newspaper was launched on 23 October 2017. Al-Ittihad ceased publication on 29 December 2017. On its front page, the newspaper cited a combination of financial and political reasons behind its closure.[3] (in Arabic) The short-lived Al Ittihad published only 54 issues before folding.[4]

See also

References
  1. IMLebanon: صحيفة “الإتحاد” إلى الحياة مجددا… وموظفو “السفير” يجدون البديل (in Arabic)
  2. An-Nahar: جريدة "الاتحاد" في عددها الأول اليوم Archived 30 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
  3. "الصحافة الورقية تودّع الاتحاد". An-Nahar. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  4. Al Arabi al Jadeed: إقفال "الاتحاد اللبناني": نهاية سريعة لصحيفة اختنقت بمشاكلها الداخلية (in Arabic)
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