• Source: Ash-Shiraa

Ash-Shiraa (or Al-Shiraa) (Arabic: الشراع| The Sail in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon. The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country.




History and profile


Ash-Shira was launched in 1948. It is described as an pro-Syrian publication and is based in Beirut.




Content


The magazine was the first to break the news that the United States had been secretly selling weapons to Iran, a scandal that eventually grew into the Iran-Contra Affair. The report was published in the magazine on 3 November 1986.




See also


List of magazines in Lebanon




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Materi Tarbiyah
• Ash-Shiraa
• Iran–Contra affair
• Ari Ben-Menashe
• Timeline of the Iran–Contra affair
• Boland Amendment
• Ronald Reagan
• Mehdi Hashemi
• November 3
• 1986 in the United States
• Colin Powell