Reporters Without Borders ranked Syria second-last on its World Press Freedom Index this year.
DAMASCUS – Syrian media outlets which trumpeted the glories of Bashar al-Assad's oppressive rule quickly adopted revolutionary fervour after his ouster, but uncertainty shadows the sector.
Foreign media -- whose entry to the country was heavily restricted under Assad -- flooded in as soon as he was toppled, rushing to notorious prisons and other sites that were out of reach under his paranoid rule.After Syria's war erupted in 2011 with the government's brutal repression of pro-democracy protests, Assad tightened restrictions on independent journalism. He expected adherence to the government narrative.
SANA the following day changed its cover picture on messaging app Telegram to match the three-star flag symbolic of Syria's uprising. The agency began publishing news including announcements from the rebels' military operations room. "We hope in future that we can return to print, particularly because Syria is the only country that doesn't print a single newspaper," he told AFP by telephone.Some other local media platforms have been gradually returning to work or relaunching, including private television channel Sama, which was funded by Syrian businessman and lawmaker Mohammed Hamsho.
Two days later the station, which launched in Damascus in 2007, announced it was ceasing production "following a decision from the Ministry of Information in the transitional government."
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