Hadiqat Al Akhbar (The News Garden in English) is the first daily newspaper of Lebanon which was launched in 1858. From 1858 to 1958 there were nearly 200 newspapers in the country. Prior to 1963 the number of newspapers was more than 400. However, the number reduced to 53 due to the 1963 press law. Censorship of the press in the country occurred during the Ottoman era. It was also frequent in 1976 following the intervention of Syrian military in the Lebanese Civil War on behalf of Maronite Christians. As of 2012, the newspapers were being published in three major languages of Arabic, English and French and there were 12 Arabic dailies. The following is a list of well-known newspapers published in Lebanon. Daily newspapers All published in Beirut In Arabic An-Nahar Ad-Diyar Al Akhbar Al Binaa Al Joumhouria Al Liwaa Al Amal Al Anbaa (defunct) Al Anwar (defunct) Al Arz (defunct) Al Balad (defunct) Al Bayrak (defunct) Al Ittihad (defunct) Al Muharrir (defunct) Al-Mustaqbal (defunct) Al Nida (defunct) As-Safa (defunct) As-Safir (defunct) El Shark Telegraph Beirut (defunct) Akhbar SMB In Armenian Ararad Aztag Zartonk Ayk (defunct) Nida Al-Watan In English Al Akhbar (suspended) Lebanon Daily Star Ike (defunct) In French Al Balad en français (defunct) L'Orient-Le Jour Syrie (defunct) Le Soir (defunct) Le Reveil (defunct) Lebanese non-daily newspapers In Arabic Al-Intiqad (Beirut) Al-Kalima (Zahlé) At-Tadamon (Tripoli) Hamzat Wassel (Beirut, Tripoli) Lisan al Hal Asharara Ila-l-Amam (defunct) In English Monday Morning (defunct) Lebanese online news portals (Arabic, French and English ) The961.com Daily beirut Alankabout Iloubnan.info Lebanon24 Tayyar.org (Disclosure: Owned by the FPM political party) Lebanon Debate Lebanon Files LibanVision Lebanonwire Naharnet NOW Lebanon Ya Libnan Akhbar SMB موقع شباب الملعب البلدي الأخباري Ebaldati Almodon jadidouna news* See also List of magazines in Lebanon References Lebanon Newspapers