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In June 2014, Alaa Heidar was appointed editor-in-chief of the agency. [7] The MENA is the member of the Federation of Arab News Agencies that includes the national news agencies of 18 Arab countries. [8] The agency had cooperation with nearly 25 news agencies in the 1990s. [4] It offers news in three languages, namely Arabic, English and ...
Rebel forces in Syria captured the capital Damascus and toppled the regime of President Bashar al-Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. As Assad resigned and fled Syria, rebel ...
Pattiz served as a board member of the then BBG, currently the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), the U.S. independent federal agency that oversees all foreign non-military radio and TV broadcasts. [14] The idea to launch Alhurra in 2004 stemmed from the success of Radio Sawa in reaching young audiences in the Middle East.
Alhurra's studio during the channel's first live broadcast, 14 February 2004. The decision to launch Alhurra was prompted by frustration among U.S. government officials over perceived anti-American bias among the leading Arab television networks and the effect these channels were having on Arab public opinion regarding the U.S. Alhurra was intended to serve as an alternative to these channels ...
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said two missiles hit the area of Zoqaq al-Blat. The strike follows reports that the U.S. envoy has delayed his visit for cease-fire talks.
The channel went live on 17 July 2013. Melloul stated that it would battle prejudice and ignorance about Israel with "facts and diversity". [8] [9]Arab Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish was the lead anchor of the English-language branch of the channel from July 2013 until she left in January 2016.
The Al Arabiya internet news service website was launched February 2004. The website initially published in Arabic, and was joined by an English-language service in 2007 and Persian and Urdu services in 2008. [75] The channel also operates a business website that covers financial news and market data from the Middle East in Arabic.
CNBC Arabia (Arabic: CNBC عربية) is an Arab free-to-air television channel.It covers regional and international affairs from an Arab economic perspective. CNBC Arabia is the Arab World's preeminent and first 24-hour Arabic language financial and business information Channel, presenting in-depth & up-to