Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Alawsat (Template:Lang-ar The Middle East) is a major pan-Arabic daily newspaper, with a circulation of 200,000 [1], printed simultaneously on four continents in twelve cities. It was founded in London in 1978; still based in London, it is now edited by the Saudi Research and Marketing Ltd., directed by the Saudi prince Salman bin Abdul Aziz, half-brother of the king.
Since 1990, Asharq Alawsat knows an increasing success and is distributed both in the Middle-East and in the Maghreb, especially in Morocco. It is known for its slogan "International Newspaper of the Arabs" as it covers both Arab and international affairs.
Asharq Alawsat was the first Arabic daily newspaper to introduce satellite transmission for simultaneous printing in a number of major cities worldwide, and is currently the only newspaper to own the Arabic copyright of international print syndications of the Washington Post, USA Today and Global Viewpoint. The newspaper's editorial part publishes a large part of translations from the international press, and its news pages are almost only made on news agencies' cables translated in Arabic.
Asharq Alawsat is present on the Internet since December 1995, and also offers an English translation of parts of its articles.