Syrian Arab News Agency - SANA

The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) is the official national agency, established in 1965, affiliated with the Ministry of Information, and its main center is in the city of Damascus

The agency covers all local, Arab and international events in a news framework based on presenting facts and balance in news coverage and keeping abreast of recent developments in the work of news agencies, through its cadre in the central administration and its representatives in all ministries and state institutions, as well as through its offices located in the fourteen Syrian governorates, in addition. To the offices of the International Agency in Beirut, Paris, Moscow, Jordan, Tehran, Kuwait, Cairo, Libya and Turkey, and nearly 43 correspondents in Arab and other foreign countries all over the world.
Agency services:

SANA broadcasts daily more than 500 news items in Arabic, in addition to bulletins in English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Russian and Chinese, and distributes more than 150 photographs daily.

Sana’s website: www.sana.sy

The agency’s website provides political, economic, cultural, and various media services in Arabic, English, French, Spanish and Turkish, in addition to photo services.

The site also provides a service of breaking news and various newsletters to subscribers via e-mail.

SANA publishes specialized bulletins in the fields of economy, culture, sports, environment, health and miscellaneous.

The agency provides various media services via electronic messages / SMS / and / MMS /.

The agency broadcasts its news services internally via the Internet or via the leased circuits and externally, Agence France-Presse / satellite transmission / or by subscribing to file transfer services / FTP / in addition to subscribing to the Internet.

SANA has bilateral agreements with all Arab news agencies and many Islamic and international news agencies.

The Syrian Arab News Agency is a founding member of a number of international media organizations, the Federation of Arab News Agencies, the Association of Mediterranean News Agencies, and the Organization of Southeast Asian News Agencies.

SANA adopts its media policy in accordance with Syria’s stances and national constants, its support for Arab and Islamic issues and the principles of international truth and justice, and to highlight the true image of Syria, civilized and humane.

Manage the agency

Board of Directors..

General Manager – Editor-in-Chief- – Directorate of Internal Control

Assistant Director-General.. – Directorate of Planning and Statistics

– Directors of directorates and offices – Directorate of Rehabilitation and Training

The organizational structure of the agency consists of: – Directorate of Public Relations

– General Director

– Assistant General Manager

– managing editor

– Directorate of Administrative Affairs

Engineering Directorate

– Directorate of Financial Affairs