Ash-Shiraa

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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.

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