Syria Bans al-Hayat
Syrian authorities have banned distribution of the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat until further notice, it was announced on Thursday.
The newspaper”s Beirut Bureau chief Zuheir Qsaibati said the Syrian information ministry informed the ban decision to the newspaper”s office in Damascus, without stating reasons for the move.
Al-Hayat prints in Beirut and sends it copies to Syria by overland transport.
It couldn”t be determined whether the Syrian authorities would allow the newspaper to ship its copies overland to Jordan via Syria.