The media group publishing the paper gave the number of daily print as 120,000.
[2] Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), on the other hand, in its 2006 report described Shams as a modest paper with the daily circulation of 40,000 copies.
[1] See also; Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy The publication of the Shams was suspended on 20 February 2006 after publishing one of the controversial cartoons of Mohammad that caused anger across the Muslim world due to their publication in the Danish daily Jyllands-Posten on 30 September 2005.
The paper stated that the cartoon was published to initiate a campaign in Saudi Arabia against Danish interests and Denmark.
[10] However, its 32-year-old editor Battal Koss was dismissed in late February 2006[11][12] and replaced by Khalaf Harby.