Bahrain Mirror: Editor in Chief of the Saudi "Asharq Al-Awsat" newspaper, Salman Aldosary, announced his resignation, days after the scandal of his newspaper publishing fabricated news and reports about the World Health Organization (WHO).

In a post on his "Twitter" account, Aldosary said, "My employment relationship ended, but by relationship as a reader of this beautiful green piece (Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper) never ends".

ßá ÇáÊæÝíÞ ááÒãíá ÇáÚÒíÒ ÛÓÇä ÔÑÈá Ýí ÑÆÇÓÉ ÊÍÑíÑ ÇáÔÑÞ ÇáÃæÓØ…
ÇäÊåÊ ÚáÇÞÊí ÇáæÙíÝíÉ… áßä ÚáÇÞÊí ßÞÇÑÆ ãÚ ÇáÎÖÑÇÁ ÇáÌãíáÉ áÇ ÊäÊåí ÃÈÏÇð🇸🇦

— ÓáãÇä ÇáÏæÓÑí (@SalmanAldosary) November 23, 2016

Aldosary also noted in his tweet, that his successor as the newspaper's editor in chief is Lebanese journalist, Ghassan Charbel.

Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper had published a fabricated report last Sunday, claiming that the WHO had warned of illegitimate pregnancy risks in the city in Karbala, coinciding the commemoration of Arbaeen Imam Hussein; a claim rebuffed altogether by the WHO.

WHO spokesperson, Rana Sidani, confirmed that the newspaper republished the fabricated report, although her organization had rejected the claims before its publication.

Arabic Version