| Addiyar الديار | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Broadsheet |
| Owners: | Charles Ayoub |
| Chiefeditor: | Charles Ayoub |
| Publisher: | Al-Nahdah Publishing House |
| Headquarters: | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Language: | Arabic |
| Political: | Pan-Syrian |
| Website: | Ad Diyar |
Ad-Diyar (Arabic: الديار|lit=The Home) is an Arabic-language daily newspaper published in Beirut, Lebanon, which has been in circulation since 1941.
Ad Diyar was first published in 1941 as an Arabic political daily[1] that is published in broadsheet format.
The editor-in-chief and owner of the paper is Charles Ayoub, a Lebanese journalist known for his pro-Syrian stance.[2] Leading Lebanese caricaturist Pierre Sadek worked for the daily.[3] The daily gained significant popularity in 1987 when it publicly criticized the militia leaders.[4] Ad Diyar was temporarily closed by Michel Aoun, then interim Lebanese prime minister and army commander, in January 1990 due to its clash with Aoun policies.[5] The newspaper resumed publication much later.
The circulation of Ad Diyar was 20,000 copies in 2003, making it the third best selling newspaper in Lebanon.[6]
The paper is reported to be pro-Syrian.[7] [8] In addition, the daily has close ideological links to the Syrian Social Nationalist Party in Lebanon (SSNP-L).[1] [7]