Emirates News Agency

Emirates News Agency
وكالة أنباء الإمارات
Agency overview
FormedNovember 1976 (established)
18 June 1977 (began operations)
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Arab Emirates
HeadquartersAbu Dhabi
Agency executives
  • Mohamed Jalal Alrayssi, Director-General
  • Abdulla Abdulkareem, Head of Media Coverage Department
WebsiteWAM

Emirates News Agency (Arabic: وكالة أنباء الإمارات, romanized: Wakalat Anba'a al Emarat), also known as WAM, is the official news agency of the United Arab Emirates.[1][2]

  1. ^ "United Arab Emirates profile". BBC. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ^ "UAE Media Sustainability Index" (PDF). IREX. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.