Ad-Diyar

Ad-Diyar (Arabic: الديار, lit. 'The Home') is an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Beirut, Lebanon, which has been in circulation since 1941.

Addiyar
الديار

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Charles Ayoub
Publisher	Al-Nahdah Publishing House
Editor-in-chief	Charles Ayoub
Founded	1941; 84 years ago (1941)
Political alignment	Pan-Syrian
Language	Arabic
Headquarters	Beirut, Lebanon
Website	Ad Diyar

History

Ad Diyar was first published in 1941 as an Arabic political daily^[1] that is published in broadsheet format.^[2]

The editor-in-chief and owner of the paper is Charles Ayoub,^[3] a Lebanese journalist known for his pro-Syrian stance.^[4] Leading Lebanese caricaturist Pierre Sadek worked for the daily.^[5] The daily gained significant popularity in 1987 when it publicly criticized the militia leaders.^[6] Ad Diyar was temporarily closed by Michel Aoun, then interim Lebanese prime minister and army commander, in January 1990 due to its clash with Aoun policies.^[7] The newspaper resumed publication much later.

The circulation of Ad Diyar was 20,000 copies in 2003, making it the third best selling newspaper in Lebanon.^[2]

Orientation

The paper is reported to be pro-Syrian.^[3][8] In addition, the daily has close ideological links to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon (SSNP-L).^[1][3]