Since April 2002 it is also published in Beirut, Lebanon, in traditional Armenian orthography.
On December 28, 1994, then President of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrossian banned the ARF by his decree.
Yerkir is distributed in the CIS countries, as well as to the Armenian diaspora.
The main objective of the paper is to cover the political, economic, educational, cultural and sport events on basis of impartiality and, when necessary, comment on these events.
The online edition carries articles in English, Russian and Armenian.