The Damascus Post

The Damascus Post (Arabic: بريد دمشق barīd dimashq) is a major daily broadsheet and online newspaper based in Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, published by the National Press, a publicly traded media conglomerate. The most widely read and circulated Arabic-language newspaper, The Damascus Post is regarded as the unofficial newspaper of record of the Arab Union. Its editor-in-chief since 1998 is Ayman Abu Atwan.

First published in 1933 by the local council of Damascus as an official "city journal", by 1940 The Damascus Times had transformed into a Syrian national newspaper. While covering major Damascus- and Syria-based stories, since the founding of the Arab Union in 1958, The Damascus Post has primarily focused on federal politics and stories of union-wide social and cultural relevance; it has consistently maintained a pan-Arabist, federalist tone and, while not definitively supporting the ruling Ba'ath Party, the newspaper is generally known to be supportive of the government of the Arab Union, with criticism usually focusing on particular politicians or agencies as opposed to the federal government itself. Nevertheless, it is regarded as one of the least editorially constrained mainstream newspapers in the country.