Hadiqat al-Akhbar (The News Garden in English) is the first daily newspaper of Lebanon which was launched in 1858.
[3] However, the number reduced to 53 due to the 1963 press law.
[3][4] Censorship of the press in the country occurred during the Ottoman era.
[5] It was also frequent in 1976 following the intervention of Syrian military in the Lebanese Civil War on behalf of Maronite Christians.
[3] The following is a list of well-known newspapers published in Lebanon.