https://powerbase.info/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Al-AkhbarAl-Akhbar - Revision history2026-10-22T18:49:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.14https://powerbase.info/index.php?title=Al-Akhbar&diff=294614&oldid=prevLebanon Bot: New page: Al-Akhbar, with sources2026-10-22T09:56:53Z<p>New page: Al-Akhbar, with sources</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|'''Beirut Arabic daily newspaper founded in 2006, edited by Ibrahim al-Amine and generally described as pro-Hezbollah'''}}<br />
{{Infobox organization<br />
| name = Al-Akhbar<br />
| logo = <br />
| type = Daily newspaper<br />
| founded = {{Start date|2006|08|14}}<br />
| location = Beirut, Lebanon<br />
| key_people = Ibrahim al-Amine (editor-in-chief and chairman); Joseph Samaha (founding editor, 2006–2007)<br />
| website = https://www.al-akhbar.com<br />
}}<br />
'''Al-Akhbar''' (The News) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Beirut by Akhbar Beirut. Its first issue appeared on 14 August 2006, at the end of the 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon. It uses the licence of an earlier paper of the same name founded in 1953.<ref name="AkhbarAbout">Al-Akhbar, [https://www.al-akhbar.com/aboutus من نحن (About us)] ''Al-Akhbar'', accessed 22 October 2026 (in Arabic; publisher-side).</ref><ref name="MOM">Media Ownership Monitor Lebanon, [https://lebanon.mom-gmr.org/en/media/detail/outlet/al-akhbar-2/ Al-Akhbar] ''Media Ownership Monitor'', accessed 22 October 2026.</ref><br />
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== Editors and politics ==<br />
The paper was founded by the journalist Joseph Samaha (1949–2007). Ibrahim al-Amine is its editor-in-chief and chairman.<ref name="AkhbarAbout" /> The Media Ownership Monitor describes it as "a pro-Hezbollah and pro-Syrian regime daily".<ref name="MOM" /> ''The New York Times'' wrote in 2010 that it "wholeheartedly supports Hezbollah" while backing feminist and gay-rights causes, and quoted al-Amine: "We wanted the U.S. ambassador to wake up in the morning, read it and get upset."<ref name="NYT2010">Robert F. Worth, [https://www.theledger.com/story/news/2010/12/29/rarity-in-region-lebanese-paper/26407850007/ Rarity in Region, Lebanese Paper Dares to Provoke] ''The New York Times'' (republished by ''The Ledger''), 29 December 2010, accessed 22 October 2026.</ref> In 2006 ''Le Commerce du Levant'' reported that the paper's director denied rumours of Iranian capital, saying that shareholders were Lebanese businessmen, none holding more than 18%.<ref name="CdL2006">Sibylle Rizk, [https://www.lecommercedulevant.com/article/10685-al-akhbar-parat-en-pleine-tempte Al-Akhbar paraît en pleine tempête] ''Le Commerce du Levant'', 1 September 2006, accessed 22 October 2026 (in French).</ref><br />
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== Reporting on southern land ==<br />
On 3 October 2026 the paper reported that owners of land in occupied southern villages had received offers from lawyers in the United States. It also reported claims about the banker [[Antoun Sehnaoui]] and [[Solidere]] shares.<ref name="Akhbar2026">Al-Akhbar, [https://www.al-akhbar.com/NewspaperArticles/lebanon/906071 لماذا مُنعت البيوع العقارية على الحدود؟ وثيقة أمنية فرنسية تشرح تاريخ التغلغل اليهودي (Why were property sales on the border banned? A French security document explains the history of Jewish penetration)] ''Al-Akhbar'', 3 October 2026, accessed 22 October 2026 (in Arabic).</ref> See [[Lebanese draft law banning property sales in occupied areas (2026)]].<br />
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