''Al-Thawra'' ( ar, الثورة, 'The Revolution') was a daily newspaper published from

Tripoli, Libya Tripoli (; ar, طرابلس الغرب, translit= Ṭarābulus al-Gharb , translation=Western Tripoli) is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.1 million people in 2019. It is located in the northwest of Libya o ...

. The newspaper was established on October 20, 1969. It replaced three earlier official publications; ''Al-Alam'', ''Al-Umma'' and ''Al-Bilad''. ''Al-Thawra'' was the organ of the governing

Arab Socialist Union The Arab Socialist Union may refer to: *Arab Socialist Union (Egypt), active 1962–78 *Arab Socialist Union (Iraq), active 1964–68 * Libyan Arab Socialist Union, active 1971−77 * Arab Socialist Union Party (Syria), founded in 1973 *Democratic ...

. In January 1970 a decree was made restricting government advertisements to be published only in ''Al-Thawra'', a move curtailing the incomes for the private-owned press in the country. ''Al-Thawra'' was shut down in January 1972, and was replaced by ''al-Fajr al-Jadid'' ('The New Dawn').

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