Al-Ba'ath

{{Short description|Arabic language newspaper}}

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| name = Al-Ba'ath
البعث

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| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Compact

| foundation = {{start date and age|1948}}

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| owners = Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party

| publisher = Abdullah Al-Ahmar

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| language = Arabic

| political = Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Syria Region

| publishing_country = Syria

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| headquarters = Damascus, Syria

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| website = [https://newspaper.albaathmedia.sy/ albaathmedia.sy/]

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Al-Ba'ath ({{langx|ar|البعث|lit=The Resurrection}}) is an Arabic language newspaper published by the Ba'ath Party in Syria and other Arab countries and territories, including Lebanon and Palestine.

History

Al-Ba'ath was founded in 1948{{cite journal|author=Dany Badran|title=Democracy and Rhetoric in the Arab World|journal=The Journal of the Middle East and Africa|year=2013|volume=4|issue=1|pages=65–86|doi=10.1080/21520844.2013.772685|s2cid=143657988}} as an organ of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Syria.{{cite book|author1=David Commins|author2=David W. Lesch|title=Historical Dictionary of Syria|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wpBWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA252|year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7966-9|page=252}} In addition to the daily, there are also three more state-owned papers in Syria: Al Thawra, Tishreen and Syria Times.{{cite journal|last=Ghadbian|first=Najib|title=Contesting the state media monopoly: Syria on Al Jazira Television|journal=Meria|date=Summer 2001|volume=5|issue=2|url=http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2001/06/ghadbian.pdf|access-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004221902/http://www.gloria-center.org/meria/2001/06/ghadbian.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2013|url-status=dead}}{{Update inline|date=January 2025|?=yes}} Al-Ba'ath is based in Damascus.{{cite book|author=Miriam Cooke|title=Dissident Syria: Making Oppositional Arts Official|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VsaC40CnhcoC&pg=PA8|year=2007|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=978-0-8223-4035-5|page=8}}

From 2002 to 2004 Mahdi Dakhlallah was the editor-in-chief of Al-Ba'ath.{{cite news|last=Blanford|first=Nicholas|title=Censors ease up on Syrian press|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/1228/p06s01-wome.html|access-date=2 October 2013|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=28 November 2004|location=Damascus}}{{cite news|last=Aji|first=Albert|title=Syria ousts 8 Cabinet ministers in shakeup|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/10/05/syria_ousts_8_cabinet_ministers_in_shakeup/?camp=pm|access-date=2 October 2013|work=The Boston Globe|date=5 October 2004|agency=AP|location=Damascus}}

Following the fall of the Assad regime, the editorial board of Al-Ba'ath published a statement announcing its intention to continue publishing and its support of the Syrian transitional government.{{Cite web |last=Yousef |first=Al-Ali |date=9 December 2024 |title=Statement of the Editorial Board of Dar Al-Baath |url=https://newspaper.albaathmedia.sy/2024/12/09/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86/ |access-date= |website=Al-Ba'ath |language=ar}}

See also

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