The London-based Saudi daily Al Hayat was banned in Syria for publishing articles considered critical of the Syrian government.
Syria Ministry of Information took the decision citing anti-Syrian articles published in the mass circulation daily Al Hayat from its Paris, London and Beirut offices.
This is further sign of deteriorating Syrian-Saudi relations as the current ban comes nearly two years after Al Sharq Al Awsat, another Saudi daily, was banned in Syria.
Coinciding with the ministry's decision to ban Al Hayat came the resignation of Ebrahim Hamidi, the newspaper's chief of bureau and senior correspondent in Syria.
Mr Hamidi, who had served as Al Hayat's man in Damascus since the early 1990s, told media: "I couldn't take it anymore! I terminated my work with Al Hayat because I cannot be part of a newspaper that is engaged in a systematic campaign against Syria." but he denied having been harassed or told to resign by the Syrian authorities.
"That is not true. It was strictly my own decision. My conscience told me that it was wrong to continue with a newspaper that was becoming increasingly anti-Syrian," Mr Hamidi said.
"The Ministry's decision to stop distribution and my resignation are not related."
He added: "When they informed us that the ban would be implemented, we were clearly told that this was directed neither at me nor against the Damascus office of Al Hayat, but at the newspaper itself. The Damascus office continues, only I won't be there anymore and will be shifting to some other media outlet."