{{Short description|Daily newspaper in Algeria}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = El Khabar <br> الخبر | image = Elkhabar.jpg | caption = ''El Khabar'' logo. | type = Daily newspaper | format = Tabloid | founded = {{start date and age|1990}} | owners = El Khabar | language = Arabic, French | political_position = Centre-left<!--Please do not change this without first discussing it on the talk page--> | circulation = 500,000 <small>(May 2006 - May 2007)</small> | headquarters = Algiers, Algeria | editor = kamal Djouzi | website = [http://www.elkhabar.com/ www.elkhabar.com] }}
'''''Elkhabar''''' ({{langx|ar|الخبر||The News}}) is a daily newspaper in Algeria published seven days a week in the tabloid format. It is one of the most widely read Algerian newspapers.
''El Khabar''′s web service<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elkhabar.com/|title=الخبر|last=ElKhabar|website=www.elkhabar.com|language=ar|access-date=2017-09-15|archive-date=2015-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618025152/http://www.elkhabar.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> publishes selected news in Arabic and French, with a minor section in English, though often poorly translated.
==History and profile== After the fall of Algeria's one-party system in 1988, which tightly controlled the press, a group of young journalist issued the first edition of ''El Khabar'' in Algiers on 1 November 1990.<ref>{{cite news|title=El Khabar|url=http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/sources/alkhabar|accessdate=6 January 2014|work=Al Monitor|archive-date=25 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225073507/http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/sources/alkhabar|url-status=live}}</ref> The daily which has an independent stance is published in the tabloid format.<ref name=crom>{{cite web|author=Cristina Romero|title=Media Landscapes. Algeria|url=http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/algeria|publisher=European Journalism Center|accessdate=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927045545/http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/algeria|archive-date=27 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In August 2003 ''El Khabar'' temporarily ceased publication due to its debt to state-run printing presses.<ref>{{cite news|title=Algerian newspapers suspended from publication|url=http://mg.co.za/article/2003-08-18-algerian-newspapers-suspended-from-publication|accessdate=14 March 2015|work=Mail and Guardian|date=18 August 2003|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164600/http://mg.co.za/article/2003-08-18-algerian-newspapers-suspended-from-publication|url-status=live}}</ref>
The paper's online version was the sixth most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.<ref>{{cite news|title=Forbes Releases Top 50 MENA Online Newspapers; Lebanon Fails to Make Top 10|url=http://www.jadaoun.com/2803/forbes-releases-top-50-mena-online-newspapers-lebanon-fails-to-make-top-10/|accessdate=11 September 2014|work=Jad Aoun|date=28 October 2010|archive-date=29 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729212745/http://www.jadaoun.com/2803/forbes-releases-top-50-mena-online-newspapers-lebanon-fails-to-make-top-10/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Political views and controversies== The paper is independent and has no party affiliation.<ref name=crom/> The paper's critical reporting has resulted in numerous run-ins with the Algerian government, which on a couple of occasions has sent reporters and editors to jail.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16260|title=Al Khabar correspondent released|date=22 February 2006|work=Reporters Sans Frontières|accessdate=30 August 2010|location=Algeria|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080205145221/http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16260|archivedate=5 February 2008}}</ref> ''El Khabar'' staff was also threatened and attacked by Islamist rebels during Algeria's civil war, which began in 1992 and ended in 2002.
==Notable journalists== * Mohamed Cherak (1977–2018) * Othmane Senadjki (1959–2010)
==See also== * List of newspapers in Algeria
==References== {{Reflist|33em}}
== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20130320002819/http://www.elkhabar.com/ar/ The Arabic edition] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20011129093645/http://www.khabars.net/ Khabars.net]}} *[http://www.khabars.in Khabars.in]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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