ARA News
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Type of site | News |
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| Available in | Arabic, English[1] |
| Area served | Syria, Turkey, Iraq |
| Owner | unknown |
| Created by | unknown |
| Editor | Adib Abdulmajid, Zachary Singer, Abdulilah Ibrahim (Egid) |
| URL | aranews aranews |
| Advertising | No |
| Commercial | unknown |
| Registration | None |
| Launched | May 2013 |
| Current status | Inactive |
ARA News (Arabic: آرانيوز, romanized: ʾĀrā Niyūz) was an online news service focused on the consequences of war in Syria and Iraq.[2] Although described as a Kurdish news agency by its director, the site started as an Arabic-only news service and as of January 2016[update], still published only in the Arabic and English languages,[1][3] and ceased publishing around August 2017.[4]
ARA News was referenced hundreds of times by other news vendors, and thousands of times in social media.[5][6] ARA News was supported by Free Press Unlimited, a media development organisation based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.[7]
ARA News is a member of the Ethical Charter for Syrian Media.[8]
The ownership of the ARA News is unpublished. The founder and chief editor is Adib Abdulmajid,[9] a Syrian Kurd who fled Syria after taking part in pro-democracy activities, and sought asylum in the Netherlands.[2] Reporters and editors of ARA News are named. Most of the staff are Kurdish, some are Arabs.[1]
ARA News was supported by Free Press Limited, whose mission statement is that "People deserve to know." Free Press Unlimited claims to work to ensure that impartial news and information are and remain available to people across the globe, particularly in countries where there is little to no press freedom. Free Press Unlimited has media projects in approximately 40 countries around the world.[7]