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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Rami Makhlouf |
| Publisher | Syrian Arab Publishing and Distributing Company |
| Editor | Waddah Abed Rahbo[1] |
| Associate editor | Lara Touma |
| News editor | Ganbalat Shakai |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Political alignment | Pro-government |
| Language | Arabic |
| Headquarters | Damascus |
| Country | Syria |
| Sister newspapers | Al Iqtissadiya |
| Website | Al Watan |
Al-Watan (Arabic: الوطن, lit. 'The Homeland') is a privately owned government-aligned[2] Syrian Arabic language daily newspaper published in Syria.
Al Watan was launched in 2006.[3][4] The paper is published by the Syrian Arab Publishing and Distributing Company. It is the country's first private daily newspaper since the 1960s (not counting the state party organ Al-Baath), but its editorial line and reporting is practically identical to that of the public-owned papers.[2] In fact, the owner of the daily is the cousin of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Rami Makhlouf.[3] Its sister daily is Al Iqtissadiya.[5]
The online edition of the paper was the 33rd most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.[6]
