Al-Ittihad (Arabic: الاتحاد, lit. 'The Union') also known as Al-Ittihad al-Lubnani (The Lebanese Union) was a Lebanese newspaper established in 2017. It was published in Arabic with both a print and online site[1] that offered a pdf issue of the actual print issues. The original licence for Al-Ittihad was given to the journalist Zeidan Zeidan almost a hundred years earlier, but the newspaper had not been published for a long time. The present owner of the newspaper licence was Mustafa Nasser who was also the daily's editor-in-chief.[2]
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Editor-in-chief | Mustafa Nasser |
| Founded | October 23, 2007 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Ceased publication | December 29, 2007 |
The newspaper was launched on 23 October 2017. Al-Ittihad ceased publication on 29 December 2017. On its front page, the newspaper cited a combination of financial and political reasons behind its closure.[3] (in Arabic) The short-lived Al Ittihad published only 54 issues before folding.[4]
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edit- ^ IMLebanon: صحيفة “الإتحاد” إلى الحياة مجددا… وموظفو “السفير” يجدون البديل (in Arabic)
- ^ An-Nahar: جريدة "الاتحاد" في عددها الأول اليوم Archived 30 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)
- ^ "الصحافة الورقية تودّع الاتحاد". An-Nahar. 27 December 2017. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ Al Arabi al Jadeed: إقفال "الاتحاد اللبناني": نهاية سريعة لصحيفة اختنقت بمشاكلها الداخلية (in Arabic)