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IHT strengthens Middle Eastern offering

The International Herald Tribune has widened its presence in the Middle East with the opening of a new printing operation in Beirut.

The new operation will serve the Levant region and will ensure early morning distribution of the international newspaper in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan to home and business subscribers, news retailers and hotels.

Printing will be carried out by the Cooperative Printing Company, distribution will be managed by Levant International, and subscriptions will be handled by Tarwij sal. The new site extends the number of print sites in the Middle East to five.

Beirut will be the IHT’s 39th print site. The newspaper is already printed in Kuwait, Qatar, Egypt, and the UAE as well as in Turkey, India, Pakistan and 30 other print sites around the world.

“I am delighted that we will now be able to better serve our readers in the Levant. Last year, the IHT’s Middle East circulation increased by 44% and earlier this year we opened our new regional office in Dubai Media City – so this latest opening in Lebanon represents another step forward in a region where we are continuously looking at ways to expand our footprint,” said Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, IHT publisher.

Martina Lacey, London