Al-Ittihad (Lebanese newspaper)

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الاتحاد

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| type = Daily newspaper

| format = Broadsheet

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| chiefeditor = Mustafa Nasser

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| foundation = {{start date|2017|10|23}}

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| language = Arabic

| ceased publication = {{end date|2017|12|29}}

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Al-Ittihad ({{Langx|ar|الاتحاد|lit=The Union}}) also known as Al-Ittihad al-Lubnani (The Lebanese Union) was a Lebanese newspaper established in 2017. It was published in Arabic with both a print and online site[http://www.imlebanon.org/2017/08/07/al-ettihad-newapaper-lebanon/ IMLebanon: صحيفة “الإتحاد” إلى الحياة مجددا… وموظفو “السفير” يجدون البديل] {{in lang|ar}} that offered a pdf issue of the actual print issues. The original licence for Al-Ittihad was given to the journalist Zeidan Zeidan almost a hundred years earlier, but the newspaper had not been published for a long time. The present owner of the newspaper licence was Mustafa Nasser who was also the daily's editor-in-chief.[https://newspaper.annahar.com/article/689720-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85 An-Nahar: جريدة "الاتحاد" في عددها الأول اليوم] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230114602/https://newspaper.annahar.com/article/689720-%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%AF%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85 |date=30 December 2017 }} {{in lang|ar}}

The newspaper was launched on 23 October 2017. Al-Ittihad ceased publication on 29 December 2017. On its front page, the newspaper cited a combination of financial and political reasons behind its closure.{{Cite web|date=27 December 2017|title=الصحافة الورقية تودّع الاتحاد|url=https://www.annahar.com/article/721297-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF|access-date=7 September 2020|website=An-Nahar|archive-date=10 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810031321/https://www.annahar.com/article/721297-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF|url-status=dead}} {{in lang|ar}} The short-lived Al Ittihad published only 54 issues before folding.[https://www.alaraby.co.uk/medianews/2017/12/28/%D8%A5%D9%82%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A-%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D9%84%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%86%D9%82%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%84%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9 Al Arabi al Jadeed: إقفال "الاتحاد اللبناني": نهاية سريعة لصحيفة اختنقت بمشاكلها الداخلية] {{in lang|ar}}