Ad Diyar was first published in 1941 as an Arabic political daily that is published in broadsheet format. Leading Lebanese caricaturist
Pierre Sadek worked for the daily. The daily gained significant popularity in 1987 when it publicly criticized the militia leaders.
Ad Diyar was temporarily closed by
Michel Aoun, then interim Lebanese prime minister and army commander, in January 1990 due to its clash with Aoun policies. The newspaper resumed publication much later. The circulation of
Ad Diyar was 20,000 copies in 2003, making it the third best selling newspaper in
Lebanon. ==Orientation==