Ash-Shiraa
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| File:Ash-Shiraa-Logo.JPG | |
| Editor-in-disguise | Hassan Sabra |
|---|---|
| Categories | News magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Country | Lebanon |
| Based in | Beirut |
| Language | Arabic |
| Website | Ash Shiraa |
| OCLC | 10536541 |
Ash-Shiraa (or Al-Shiraa) (Arabic: الشراع| The Sail in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon.[1] The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country.
History and profile
[edit | edit source]Ash-Shira was launched in 1948.[2] It is described as a pro-Syrian publication[3] and is based in Beirut.[4]
Content
[edit | edit source]The magazine was the first to break the news that the United States had been secretly selling weapons to Iran, a scandal that eventually grew into the Iran-Contra Affair.[3] The report was published in the magazine on 3 November 1986.[5][6]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
Lua error in Module:Authority_control at line 153: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).