''Al Anbaa'' is a newspaper based in Beirut, Lebanon. Founded in 1951 the print edition of the paper ceased publication in 2012. Since then it has been published as an online newspaper.

History and profile

''Al Anbaa'' was established by

Kamal Jumblatt Kamal Fouad Jumblatt (; 6 December 1917 – 16 March 1977) was a Lebanese politician who founded the Progressive Socialist Party. He led the National Movement during the Lebanese Civil War. He was a major ally of the Palestine Liberation Organ ...

, and the first issue appeared on 15 March 1951. As of 2008 the publisher and director-in-charge was Aziz El Metni who survived an

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on 19 January 2008. As of 2010 the

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was Rami Hassib Rayess who was also a senior media officer at the #FF9966. The paper is close to the

Walid Jumblatt Walid Kamal Jumblatt (; born 7 August 1949) is a Lebanese politician who was the leader of the Progressive Socialist Party from 1977 until 2023. A Druze and former militia commander, Jumblatt led the Lebanese National Resistance Front, allying ...

's Progressive Socialist Party. Jumblatt publishes

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in the paper. His father and the founder of the paper, Kamal Jumblatt, also regularly published articles in ''Al Anbaa''. Some of them contained harsh criticisms against

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in the early 1950s. For instance, he argued in an article that Bechara El Khoury and his family were like an "octopus with three heads: injustice, corruption and vanity." Following the publication of his articles dated 30 May 1952 in which he attacked the Lebanese regime this issue of ''Al Anbaa'' was confiscated by the government. ''Al Anbaa'' also attacked the

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in the early 1950s. The paper was critical of Syrian ruler,

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, and

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in the 1970s. It was a weekly print newspaper until 2012 when it became an online-only publication.

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