Qatar News Agency

Qatar News Agency
Founded 1975 (1975)
Headquarters Doha, Qatar
Official website
Home Page[1] (English)

Qatar News Agency (Wakalat Al Anba Al Qatariya)[2] is a state-run Qatari news agency.[3][4][5]

History and profile

Qatar News Agency was established by a decree issued on 25 May 1975.[6][7] It is attached to the ministry of information.[8]

The agency provides news in Arabic and English.[3] It has also Spanish and Portuguese news services.[9]

References

  1. Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  2. El Mustapha Lahlali (6 June 2011). Contemporary Arab Broadcast Media. Oxford University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7486-8864-7. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Qatar News Agency (QNA) - news agency in Doha, Qatar with local news and community events Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  4. Qatar Newspapers and News Sites Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  5. BBC News - Qatar country profile Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  6. Profile of Qatar - Media - Information Archived 14 February 2011 at WebCite
  7. Barrie Gunter; Roger Dickinson (6 June 2013). News Media in the Arab World: A Study of 10 Arab and Muslim Countries. A&C Black. p. 34. ISBN 1-4411-0239-6. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  8. Abbas Kadhim (15 February 2013). Governance in the Middle East and North Africa: A Handbook. Routledge. p. 273. ISBN 978-1-136-95966-0. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  9. "Information and Media". Embassy of Qatar. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
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