Ash-Shiraa
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox magazine Ash-Shiraa (or Al-Shiraa) (Arabic: الشراع| The Sail in English) is an Arabic weekly magazine published in Lebanon.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The magazine is one of the oldest publications in the country.
History and profile
Ash-Shira was launched in 1948.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is described as a pro-Syrian publication<ref name=hunter>Template:Cite journal</ref> and is based in Beirut.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Content
The magazine was the first to break the news that the United States had been secretly selling weapons to Iran, a scandal that eventually grew into the Iran-Contra Affair.<ref name=hunter/> The report was published in the magazine on 3 November 1986.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>