''Quryna'' ( ar, قورينا), formerly known as ''Yosberides'' ( ar, يوسبريدس), is a privately owned

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n newspaper published in print and on the internet. It is based in

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, the country's second largest city.

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described it as "Libya's most reliable media outlet" during the

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. Its chief editor is Ramadan Briki. Technical staff are Ahmad Bin Jaber and Hani Altli.

History

According to its website, ''Quryna'' was first published on 20 August 2007 as a limited print newspaper and grew to a 32-page media. It is currently published online and in print nationally on Mondays. According to The Lede blog, Quryna was named after the ancient Greek colony

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. The name was changed to ''Yosberides'' on 3 March 2011, but was later changed back. It was part of the Al-Ghad Media Corporation owned by

Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, . Due to the lack of standardization of transcribing written and regionally pronounced Arabic, Gaddafi's name has been romanized in various ways. A 1986 column by ''The Straight Dope'' lists 32 spellin ...

's son Saif al-Islam until the state took it over. Its reporting then was sympathetic to Gaddafi. When Gaddafi lost control of Benghazi in early 2011, it began to report openly and claimed to be impartial to either side of the protests. Reports, however, emerged that the paper was seized by protesters. The web site of the newspaper was registered on 6 March 2011, and the head of the main page shows the flag of the Libyan Republic, used first by the rebels and now officially as the flag of the state.

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External links

''Quryna''
official website 2007 establishments in Libya Publications established in 2007 Arabic-language newspapers Newspapers published in Libya Mass media in Libya First Libyan Civil War Mass media in Benghazi