Enab Baladi
Enab Baladi is an independent Syrian news organization founded in 2011 in Daraya by civilian activists during the uprising against Bashar al-Assad. It operated for years from exile in Istanbul, becoming one of the most cited independent Syrian outlets, and returned to work inside Syria after the fall of the Assad government in December 2024. It publishes in Arabic and English.
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Is Enab Baladi left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists Enab Baladi as Center within Syria's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side.
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