Al-Watan (Syria)

Al-Watan (Arabic: الوطن, lit. 'The Homeland') is a privately owned government-aligned[2] Syrian Arabic language daily newspaper published in Syria.

For other uses, see Al-Watan (disambiguation).

Al Watan
الوطن
TypeDaily newspaper
Owner(s)Rami Makhlouf
PublisherSyrian Arab Publishing and Distributing Company
EditorWaddah Abed Rahbo[1]
Associate editorLara Touma
News editorGanbalat Shakai
Founded2006 (2006)
Political alignmentPro-government
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersDamascus
Sister newspapersAl Iqtissadiya
WebsiteAl Watan

History and profile

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]

References
  1. "About us". Archived from the original on 2 October 2019.
  2. Pies, Judith; Philip Madanat (June 2011). "Media Accountability Practices Online in Syria" (PDF). MediaAcT. Working Paper series (10/2011). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
  3. Dany Badran (2013). "Democracy and Rhetoric in the Arab World". The Journal of the Middle East and Africa. 4 (1): 65–86. doi:10.1080/21520844.2013.772685. S2CID 143657988.
  4. Salam Kawakibi (2010). "The Private Media in Syria" (PDF). University of Amsterdam and Hivos. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  5. "Syria". Arab Press Network. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  6. "Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10". Jad Aoun. 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016. Retrieved 11 September 2014.


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