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==History and profile==
==History and profile==
''Al Iqtissadiya'' was launched in June 2001.<ref name=George2003>{{cite book|author=Alan George|title=Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFdbVVcKsSIC&pg=PA129|accessdate=12 June 2013|date=6 September 2003|publisher=Zed Books|isbn=978-1-84277-213-3|pages=129}}</ref> The weekly, based in Damascus, is published on Sundays.<ref name=mag/> It focuses on financial and business news, including local news, international news, economical research and studies.<ref name=mag>{{cite web|title=Media domain|url=http://www.mag-advertising.com/media_domain.html|work=MAG Advertising|accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=syp>{{cite web|title=Al Iqtissadiya Newspaper|url=http://www.syriayp.com/company/489842/Al_Iqtissadiya_Newspaper|publisher=SyriaYP|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> The paper both exhibits a critical attitude towards slow progress in the economic and social fields in the country and clearly supports the Assad regime's national and foreign policies.<ref name=apn>{{cite web|title=Syria|url=http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/newspaysv2.php?id=138|work=Arab Press Network|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> In 2005, the editor-in-chief of the paper was Waddah Abed Rabbo.<ref name=yalib05>{{cite news|title=Hit List: Syria wants more Lebanese blood|url=http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2005/08/hit_list_syria.php|accessdate=21 July 2012|work=Ya Libnan|date=1 August 2005}}</ref>
''Al Iqtissadiya'' was launched in June 2001.<ref name=George2003>{{cite book|author=Alan George|title=Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dFdbVVcKsSIC&pg=PA129|accessdate=12 June 2013|date=6 September 2003|publisher=Zed Books|isbn=978-1-84277-213-3|pages=129}}</ref> The weekly, based in Damascus, is published on Sundays.<ref name=mag/> It focuses on financial and business news, including local news, international news, economical research and studies.<ref name=mag>{{cite web|title=Media domain|url=http://www.mag-advertising.com/media_domain.html|work=MAG Advertising|accessdate=26 September 2013}}</ref><ref name=syp>{{cite web|title=Al Iqtissadiya Newspaper|url=http://www.syriayp.com/company/489842/Al_Iqtissadiya_Newspaper|publisher=SyriaYP|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> The paper both exhibits a critical attitude towards slow progress in the economic and social fields in the country and clearly supports the Assad regime's national and foreign policies.<ref name=apn>{{cite web|title=Syria|url=http://www.arabpressnetwork.org/newspaysv2.php?id=138|work=Arab Press Network|accessdate=21 July 2012}}</ref> In 2005, the editor-in-chief of the paper was Waddah Abed Rabbo.<ref name=yalib05>{{cite news|title=Hit List: Syria wants more Lebanese blood |url=http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2005/08/hit_list_syria.php |accessdate=21 July 2012 |work=Ya Libnan |date=1 August 2005 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927124615/http://yalibnan.com/site/archives/2005/08/hit_list_syria.php |archivedate=27 September 2013 }}</ref>


The weekly was the only Syrian publication that paid adequate tribute to [[Rafik Hariri]], the [[Assassination of Rafic Hariri|assassinated]] prime minister of [[Lebanon]] in February 2005.<ref name=almou>{{cite journal|author=Sami Moubayed|title=Trying times for Damascus|journal=Al Ahram Weekly|date=24 February – 2 March 2005|volume=731|url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/re6.htm|accessdate=12 June 2013}}</ref>
The weekly was the only Syrian publication that paid adequate tribute to [[Rafik Hariri]], the [[Assassination of Rafic Hariri|assassinated]] prime minister of [[Lebanon]] in February 2005.<ref name=almou>{{cite journal|author=Sami Moubayed |title=Trying times for Damascus |journal=Al Ahram Weekly |date=24 February – 2 March 2005 |volume=731 |url=http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/re6.htm |accessdate=12 June 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506185618/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/731/re6.htm |archivedate=6 May 2013 }}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 06:48, 29 June 2017

Al Iqtissadiya
TypeWeekly
Founded1 June 2001; 23 years ago (2001-06-01)
Political alignmentPro-government
LanguageArabic
HeadquartersDamascus
Sister newspapersAl Watan
WebsiteIqtissadiya

Al Iqtissadiya ("Economy" in Arabic) is a weekly Arabic newspaper published in Syria. The paper is one of the first privately owned publications in Syria.[1] Its sister paper is Al Watan, a daily in Syria.[2]

History and profile

Al Iqtissadiya was launched in June 2001.[3] The weekly, based in Damascus, is published on Sundays.[4] It focuses on financial and business news, including local news, international news, economical research and studies.[4][5] The paper both exhibits a critical attitude towards slow progress in the economic and social fields in the country and clearly supports the Assad regime's national and foreign policies.[2] In 2005, the editor-in-chief of the paper was Waddah Abed Rabbo.[6]

The weekly was the only Syrian publication that paid adequate tribute to Rafik Hariri, the assassinated prime minister of Lebanon in February 2005.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Syria: Editor comments on publication of first independent political magazine". BBC. 11 July 2002. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Syria". Arab Press Network. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  3. ^ Alan George (6 September 2003). Syria: Neither Bread Nor Freedom. Zed Books. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-84277-213-3. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
  4. ^ a b "Media domain". MAG Advertising. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Al Iqtissadiya Newspaper". SyriaYP. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  6. ^ "Hit List: Syria wants more Lebanese blood". Ya Libnan. 1 August 2005. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Sami Moubayed (24 February – 2 March 2005). "Trying times for Damascus". Al Ahram Weekly. 731. Archived from the original on 6 May 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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