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Syrian Arab News Agency

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Launched
  
June 1965

Current status
  
Active

Type of site
  
News, culture, sports, economy, environment and health

Available in
  
Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Turkish, Chinese, Russian, Persian

Website
  
SANA English (English)SANA Arabic (Arabic)SANA French (French)SANA Hebrew (Hebrew)SANA Turkish (Turkish)SANA Spanish (Spanish)SANA Chinese (Chinese)SANA Russian (Russian)SANA Persian (Persian)

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) (Arabic: الوكالة العربية السورية للأنباء‎‎ Al-Wakālah al-'Arabīyah as-Sūrīyah al-'Anbā) is a news agency in Syria. It is a public-owned media organization linked to the Ministry of Information. It was established in June 1965.

Contents

Website

SANA launched its website in 1997. Up until November 2012, SANA's website was hosted in Dallas, Texas by the United States company SoftLayer. Due to sanctions related to the Syrian Civil War, which make this hosting illegal, the SoftLayer company was obliged to terminate its hosting responsibilities with SANA.

Managers

  • Fawaz Jundi (1965–1966)
  • Hussein al-Awdat (1966–1971)
  • Marwan al-Hamwi (1971–1975)
  • Saber Falhout (1975–1991)
  • Fayez al-Sayegh (1991–2000)
  • Ali Abdul Karim (2000–2002)
  • Ghazi al-Zeeb (2002–2004)
  • Dr. Adnan Mahmoud (2004–2011)
  • Ahmad Dawa (2011–present)

    • References

    Syrian Arab News Agency Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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