''Quryna'' (), formerly known as ''Yosberides'' (), is a privately owned
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
n newspaper published in print and
on the internet. It is based in
Benghazi
Benghazi () () is the List of cities in Libya, second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean, Ben ...
, the country's second largest city.
Reuters
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The agency ...
described it as "Libya's most reliable media outlet" during the
Libyan Civil War.
Its chief editor is Ramadan Briki. Technical staff are Ahmad Bin Jaber and Hani Altli.
History
According to its website, ''Quryna'' was first published on 20 August 2007 as a limited print newspaper and grew to a 32-page media. It is currently published online and in print nationally on Mondays.
[ ] According to The Lede blog, Quryna was named after the ancient Greek colony
Cyrene, Libya
Cyrene, also sometimes anglicization of names, anglicized as Kyrene, was an ancient Greeks, ancient Greek Greek colonization, colony and ancient Romans, Roman Cities of the Roman Empire, city near present-day Shahhat in northeastern Libya in Nor ...
. The name was changed to ''Yosberides'' on 3 March 2011, but was later changed back.
It was part of the Al-Ghad Media Corporation owned by
Muammar Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until Killing of Muammar Gaddafi, his assassination by Libyan Anti-Gaddafi ...
's son
Saif al-Islam until the state took it over. Its reporting then was sympathetic to Gaddafi. When Gaddafi
lost control of Benghazi in early 2011, it began to report openly
and claimed to be impartial to either side of the protests. Reports, however, emerged that the paper was seized by protesters.
The web site of the newspaper was registered on 6 March 2011, and the head of the main page shows the flag of the Libyan Republic, used first by the rebels and now officially as the flag of the state.
References
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External links
''Quryna''official website
2007 establishments in Libya
Newspapers established in 2007
Arabic-language newspapers
Newspapers published in Libya
Mass media in Libya
Libyan civil war (2011)
Mass media in Benghazi