Al-Baʽath

<i>Al-Ba'ath</i>

Al-Ba'ath

Arabic language newspaper


Al-Baʻth (Arabic: البعث, lit.'The Resurrection') is an Arabic language newspaper published by the Baʻth Party in Syria and other Arab countries and territories, including Lebanon and Palestine.

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History

Al-Baʻath was founded in 1948[1] and is an organ of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Syria.[2] In addition to the daily, there are also three more state-owned papers in Syria, Al Thawra, Tishreen and Syria Times.[3] Al Ba'ath is based in Damascus.[4]

From 2002 to 2004 Mahdi Dakhlallah was the editor-in-chief of Al Ba'ath.[5][6]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. David Commins; David W. Lesch (2013). Historical Dictionary of Syria. Scarecrow Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-8108-7966-9.
  3. Ghadbian, Najib (Summer 2001). "Contesting the state media monopoly: Syria on Al Jazira Television" (PDF). Meria. 5 (2). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  4. Miriam Cooke (2007). Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official. Duke University Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8223-4035-5.
  5. Blanford, Nicholas (28 November 2004). "Censors ease up on Syrian press". The Christian Science Monitor. Damascus. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  6. Aji, Albert (5 October 2004). "Syria ousts 8 Cabinet ministers in shakeup". The Boston Globe. Damascus. AP. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

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