''Al-Baʻth'' ( ar, البعث, lit=The Resurrection) is an
Arabic language
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newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
published by the
Baʻth Party in
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
and other Arab countries and territories, including
Lebanon
Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...
and
Palestine
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* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
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.
History
''Al-Baʻth'' was founded in 1948 and is an organ of the
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Syria. In addition to the daily, there are also three more state-owned papers in Syria, ''
Al Thawra'', ''
Tishreen'' and ''
Syria Times
''The Syria Times'' ( ar, سيريا تايمز) was an English-language Syrian daily newspaper.
Profile
''The Syria Times'' was published by Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing, a government-owned company that publishes the leading ...
''. ''Al Ba'ath'' is based in
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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From 2002 to 2004
Mahdi Dakhlallah
Mahdi Dakhlallah ( ar, مهدي دخل الله) (born 1947) is a Syrian Ba'ath party politician and diplomat. He served at different positions, including editor-in-chief, information minister and ambassador.
Early life and education
Dakhlallah ...
was the
editor-in-chief
An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies.
The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
of ''Al Ba'ath''.
See also
*
List of newspapers in Syria
Newspapers were first published in Syria during the Ottoman era. The first newspaper published in the country was ''Hadiqat al-Akhbar'', published in 1857 by Khalil Al Khuri. The number of the newspapers increased when the country was under Frenc ...
References
External links
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Al-Ba'ath''
1948 establishments in Syria
Arabic-language newspapers
Mass media in Damascus
Daily newspapers published in Syria
Organization of the Ba'ath Party
Publications established in 1948
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