Company type | State media |
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Founded | June 1965 |
Headquarters | |
Number of employees | 1,153[1] |
Website | www www |
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) (Arabic: الوكالة العربية السورية للأنباء (سانا), al-Wakālah al-ʿArabīyah as-Sūrīyah lil-ʾAnbāʾ (SĀNĀ)) is a Syrian state-controlled news agency, linked to the country's ministry of information. It was established in June 1965.[2]
SANA publishes more than 500 news stories and 150 photos on a daily basis and operates in multiple languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Persian and Russian. The agency is also a member of the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA).[3][4]