Al-Ba'ath

Al-Baʻath
البعث
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Compact
Owner(s)	Syrian Regional Branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Publisher	Abdullah Al-Ahmar
Founded	1948; 76 years ago
Political alignment	Ba'athism
Language	Arabic
Headquarters	Damascus, Syria
Country	Syria
Website	albaathmedia.sy/
	Media of Syria; List of newspapers;

Al-Baʻth (Arabic: البعث, lit. 'The Resurrection') is an Arabic language newspaper published by the Baʻth Party in Syria and other Arab countries and territories, including Lebanon and Palestine.

History

Al-Baʻath was founded in 1948^[1] and is an organ of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party of Syria.^[2] In addition to the daily, there are also three more state-owned papers in Syria, Al Thawra, Tishreen and Syria Times.^[3] Al Ba'ath is based in Damascus.^[4]

From 2002 to 2004 Mahdi Dakhlallah was the editor-in-chief of Al Ba'ath.^[5]^[6]

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