Overview
Asharq Al-Awsat is an Arabic international newspaper headquartered in London. It is published by Saudi Research & Publishing Company. It is a pioneer of the "off-shore" model in the Arabic press, the paper is often noted for its distinctive green-tinted pages. Asharq Al-Awsat covers events through a network of bureaus and correspondents throughout the Arab World, Europe, United States, and Asia. The paper also has copyright syndications with the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and Global Viewpoint, permitting it to publish Arabic translations of columnists like Thomas Friedman and David Ignatius.

Launched in London in 1978, and printed on four continents in 14 cities. The paper is often billed as "the leading Arab daily newspaper", and calls itself "the premier Pan-Arab daily newspaper" based on the fact that past estimates of its circulation have given it the largest circulation of the off-shore Pan-Arab dailies. Al Sharq Al Awsat is the first Arabic newspaper in the world that is printed in four continents in 18 cities around the world. Began in London in 1978, was the founding of the Middle East as a publisher that specializes in pan-Arab and international affairs, and to provide an in-depth analysis of the Arab reader integrated with visions of the various issues and events, as well as comprehensive for all internal affairs of the Arab world.

Asharq Al Awsat, a leading international Arabic newspaper. Both paper and electronic, the newspaper content is varied, covering regional political news, social issues, economic news, and business, as well as sports and entertainment news as well as 21 specialized supplement

Editor-in-Chief Salman Aldosary