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Freedom (Syrian newspaper)
State-owned Syrian daily newspaper From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Freedom or Al-Hurriya (Arabic: الحرية, romanized: Al-Ḥurriyya, lit. 'Freedom') is one of the state-owned Arabic daily newspapers published in Syria.[1][2] The daily is based in Damascus and has been in circulation since 1975.[3] Tishreen was named after the Yom Kippur War in October 1973.[4][5]
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History and profile
Originally named Tishreen, the newspaper was first published in October 1975.[6] It is a state-owned publication in addition to two other state-owned dailies, namely Al Baath and Al Thawra, which were launched earlier.[4] Tishreen Organization for Press and Publishing is the former publisher of the daily.[4] The company also published Syria Times, a defunct English daily and a current e-newspaper.[4] Later Al Wahda institution became the publisher of both publications in addition to Al Thawra.[7] In January 2025, the newspaper changed its name to Al-Hurriya (Freedom) a month after the fall of the Assad regime.[8][9]
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Content and editors
One of the interviews published in Freedom was with Nimr Saleh, a dissident member of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1983.[10] The paper published a poem by Najah Al Attar, culture minister, which was written after the death of Hafez Assad's mother, Naisa Assad, in 1993.[11] Mohammad Kheir Al Wadi, then editor-in-chief, wrote in January 2000 "Zionism created the Holocaust myth to blackmail and terrorize the world's intellectuals and politicians."[12] By 2004 the paper became a platform to support the charities in the country along with Al Thawra.[13] Although the daily is owned by the state, it had a critical stance on local news, especially in regard to corruption and mismanagement in 2012.[14]
As of 2005 the editor-in-chief was Khalaf Al Jarrad[15] who was appointed by Hafez Assad to the post in July 2001.[16] Samira Al Masalmeh was named as the editor-in-chief of Tishreen in January 2012.[17] She is the first female editor-in-chief in the country.[17] Then Youshra Al Masry was named as its editor-in-chief.[18]
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Readership and circulation
In 1997, Tishreen launched its website.[19] The paper also has an English news portal, Syria Millennium, which is accessed through its website.[20] In 1992 the paper sold 75,000 copies.[3] Daily circulation of Tishreen was nearly 60,000 in the mid-2000s.[4] The paper's online version was the 48th most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.[21]
Incidents
The website of Tishreen was hacked by unknown groups in late April 2011.[22] In December 2012, Naji Assaad, a journalist for the daily, was assassinated in Damascus allegedly by opposition forces who have been fighting against the Assad government since 2011.[23]
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