Syrian Arab News Agency

"SANA" redirects here. For other uses of SANA, see Sana (disambiguation).

Syrian Arab News Agency

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Web address	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)
Type of site	News, culture, sports, economy, environment and health
Available in	Arabic, English, French, Hebrew, Spanish, Turkish, Chinese, Russian, Persian
Launched	June 1965
Current status	Active

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.

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)

External links

• Syrian Arab News Agency Official Website

• About SANA
•  – via Questia (subscription required)