al-Watan (Syria)

Al Watan ( Arabic الوطن, DMG al-waṭan ) is a daily private newspaper from Syria , which is currently considered close to the government.

The newspaper is published by the Syrian Arab Publishing and Distributing Company and is owned by Rami Machluf . The editor-in-chief and publisher when the newspaper was founded was Waddah Abd Rabbuh.

history

Al Watan was founded in November 2006 as the first private daily newspaper in Syria since 1963. In February 2007 the circulation was 22,000 copies and in 2010 the newspaper sold for 5 Syrian lira per issue.

In the course of the protests in Syria from 2011 , the newspaper was temporarily banned, but allowed again on the same day. The editor-in-chief called on all readers pathetically to confront the armed groups of the opposition everywhere, “ on the street, in mosques, in cafes, on the Internet ”.

With the protests continuing, the paper found itself completely on government lines in September. The events are an international conspiracy. In July 2012, al Watan wrote about the battle in Aleppo: “ Aleppo will be the last battle the Syrian army will fight the terrorists. "

Web links

Al Watan's website. Retrieved January 21, 2011 (Syriac Arabic).
Interview by President Sarkozy in the Syrian daily newspaper al-Watan. In: French Embassy in Germany. September 5, 2008, archived from the original on September 19, 2008 ; Retrieved January 21, 2011 .

Individual evidence

↑ Beate Seal: The West should be to blame. In: the daily newspaper . January 17, 2011, accessed January 21, 2011 .
↑ The Syrian leadership contacts the opposition. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 5, 2011, accessed April 6, 2011 .
↑ ^a ^b Rudolph Chimelli: In the clutches of the Assad clan. In: sueddeutsche.de . April 15, 2011, accessed April 15, 2011 .
↑ ^a ^b Villain star Syria . ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Financial Times Deutschland , February 11, 2007
^ Syrian propaganda. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . September 28, 2011, accessed September 28, 2011 .
↑ No asylum for Assad

[1] Beate Seal: The West should be to blame. In: the daily newspaper . January 17, 2011, accessed January 21, 2011 .

[2] The Syrian leadership contacts the opposition. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 5, 2011, accessed April 6, 2011 .

[SüdAssad-3] Rudolph Chimelli: In the clutches of the Assad clan. In: sueddeutsche.de . April 15, 2011, accessed April 15, 2011 .

[FTD-4] Villain star Syria . ( Memento from February 11, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Financial Times Deutschland , February 11, 2007

[5] Syrian propaganda. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . September 28, 2011, accessed September 28, 2011 .

[6] No asylum for Assad