| El Khabar الخبر | |
| Type: | Daily newspaper |
| Format: | Tabloid |
| Owners: | El Khabar |
| Language: | Arabic, French |
| Political: | Centre-left |
| Circulation: | 500,000 (May 2006 - May 2007) |
| Headquarters: | Algiers, Algeria |
| Editor: | kamal Djouzi |
| Website: | www.elkhabar.com |
Elkhabar (ar|الخبر||The News) is a daily newspaper in Algeria published seven days a week in the tabloid format. It is one of the most widely read Algerian newspapers.
El Khabar′s web service[1] publishes selected news in Arabic and French, with a minor section in English, though often poorly translated.
After the fall of Algeria's one-party system in 1988, which tightly controlled the press, a group of young journalist issued the first edition of El Khabar in Algiers on 1 November 1990.[2] The daily which has an independent stance is published in the tabloid format.[3]
In August 2003 El Khabar temporarily ceased publication due to its debt to state-run printing presses.[4]
The paper's online version was the sixth most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.[5]
The paper is independent and has no party affiliation.[3] The paper's critical reporting has resulted in numerous run-ins with the Algerian government, which on a couple of occasions has sent reporters and editors to jail.[6] El Khabar staff was also threatened and attacked by Islamist rebels during Algeria's civil war, which began in 1992 and ended in 2002.