'Our Country') is a privately owned, government-aligned[1] Arabic daily newspaper published in Syria.

[2][3] The owner and publisher of Baladna is the United Group for Publishing, Advertising and Marketing,[3] the Syrian media conglomerate seen as the media arm of the Assad regime in various Arab countries owned by sons of former intelligence chief Major General Bahjat Suleiman (Majd Bahjat Suleiman and Haidara Suleiman) and Muhammad Bashar Kiwan.

[1][5][4] In October 2009, Baladna launched and English edition with a UK-educated chief editor.

[6] Baladna is one of two private daily newspapers covering political topics that have succeeded in staying open, due to ownership by businessmen closely tied to the Government of Syria.

[7] In an article published in the paper on 21 February 2012, the newspaper stated that gay Syrians are "social germs ... who have infested our society and took the opportunity to strike once the first signs of weakness appeared," and that the Syrian uprisings "gave homosexuals a freedom they would've never dreamed of" as the Mukhabarat secret police, who would have arrested gays at popular cruising locations, are coping with the uprising now taking up all their time.