Al-Thawra (Arabic: الثورة, 'The Revolution') was a daily newspaper published from Tripoli, Libya.
[1] It replaced three earlier official publications; Al-Alam, Al-Umma and Al-Bilad.
[1] Al-Thawra was the organ of the governing Arab Socialist Union.
[2] In January 1970 a decree was made restricting government advertisements to be published only in Al-Thawra, a move curtailing the incomes for the private-owned press in the country.
[3] Al-Thawra was shut down in January 1972, and was replaced by al-Fajr al-Jadid ('The New Dawn').