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| Type | News service |
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| Availability | Active |
| Founded | Islamic State by Baraa Kadek, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan and others |
Launch date | 14 August 2014 |
| Language | Arabic |
Amaq News Agency (Arabic: وكالة أعماق الإخبارية, romanized: Wakālat Aʻmāq al-Ikhbārīyah) is a news outlet linked to the Islamic State (IS). Amaq is often the "first point of publication for claims of responsibility" for terrorist attacks in Western countries by the Islamic State.[1] In March 2019, Amaq News Agency was designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the United States Department of State.[2]
- ^ Callimachi, Rukmini (14 January 2016). "A News Agency With Scoops Directly From ISIS, and a Veneer of Objectivity". The New York Times. p. 10. Retrieved 5 August 2016.
- ^ "Amendments to the Terrorist Designations of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria". U.S. Embassy in Georgia. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2022.