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

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]

Prominent people: Douaa Jarkas