Al-Qabas (Arabic: القبس, lit. 'the Firebrand or the Starbrand') is an Arabic daily Kuwaiti newspaper and tabloid published by Dar Al Qabas Press Printing Publishing and Distribution Company in Kuwait City. Al-Qabas was launched on 22 February 1972. The founding shareholders of Al Qabas, according to the founding contract as printed in the official gazette Kuwait Al-Yawm are Kuwaiti merchant families Al-Nusif, Al-Kharafi, Al-Bahar, Al-Shaya, and Al-Saqer. The paper is headquartered in Kuwait City. Al-Qabas' in early days were characterized by Mohammed Al-Sager, who had been its dynamic editor-in-chief since 1982 until his election in the Kuwait National Assembly in 1999. With his experience in international finance, Al-Sager had set up an international edition that was published in Paris, London and Marseilles (for the North African market). The paper had maintained the most extensive foreign correspondent staff of any Kuwaiti newspaper with large bureaus in Washington, London, Beirut, Cairo, and Moscow. More information...
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