SMART News Agency

SMART News Agency - وكالة سمارت للأنباء
Type of site
News
Available inArabic, English (occasionally)
OwnerChamsy Sarkis[1]
EditorMuhammad Malaak[2]
URLt.me/SMARTNews_Agency


smartnewsagency.com
LaunchedAugust 2013; 11 years ago (2013-08)
Current statusopen

The SMART News Agency (Arabic: وكالة سمارت للأنباء was an independent online Arabic-language media agency that mainly operates in Syria. It was owned by the Syrian Media Action Revolution Team (SMART), the largest independent opposition media network operating in Syria.[3] Launched in August 2013, the agency releases daily news content, including photographs, videos, and text.[4] As of October 2015, the agency has 300 staff members.[5]

  1. ^ "Chamsy Sarkis". LinkedIn.
  2. ^ Raja Abdul Rahim (1 June 2014). "Syria's rocky road to a free press". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Charlotte Eagar (9 September 2014). "AN INDEPENDENT SYRIAN MEDIA COMES OF AGE AT A TIME OF WAR". Newsweek.
  4. ^ "Structuring Syria's "SMART News Agency"". Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
  5. ^ Karen d'Burke (29 October 2015). "The Journalists Risking Their Lives in Syria". Global Editors Network.