Ash-Shabibah
Ash-Shabibah was a communist daily newspaper published from Mosul, Iraq. The paper was forced to close in October 1960 as part of a government clampdown on the communist press. As of December 1960, there were reports that the editor of ash-Shabibah, Lt. Colonel Ahmad [al-Hajj Ayyub], was facing trial for having defended the persons convicted by a military court for the Kirkuk events.