Hawar News Agency
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Type of site | News |
|---|---|
| Available in | Arabic, English, Kurdish, Russian, Spanish, Turkish |
| Area served | Syria |
| Owner | unknown |
| Created by | unknown |
| Editor | unknown |
| URL | en |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Commercial | unknown |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | August 2012 |
| Current status | Active |
Hawar News Agency (sometimes abbreviated ANHA) (Template:Lang-ar) is an online Kurdish news service based in Al-Hasaka, Syria.[2][3] The site started as an Arabic-only news service.[4] Hawar News serves as Rojava's de facto official news agency,[5][6] and is linked to the Syrian Democratic Forces.[7]
Ownership, identity and reliability
The ownership of the Hawar News Agency is unpublished. The website's domain name was first registered in August 2012.[8] The site's About page says just "ANHA".[9] Pro-Syrian opposition source Verify-sy claims Hawar News is affiliated with the Democratic Union Party (PYD).[10]
Access blocked from Turkey
The Turkish telecommunications regulator blocked access to several news agencies in July 2015. In what was described as a counter-terrorism action, other news sites based within and outside Turkey that were banned at the same time as Hawar News included Rudaw, Dicle News Agency, and Özgür Gündem.[11]
References
- ^ "Hawarnews.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors - Alexa". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Contact ANHA". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
Phone +96352463446 (Hasaka Syria number)
- ^ "Suicide bomber strikes Syrian wedding". Fox News. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
Kurdish news agency
- ^ "وكالة أنباء هاوار". Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ COREY DICKSTEIN (10 May 2017). "US: Syrian forces nearing 'striking distance' of Raqqa". Stars and Stripes. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ Associated Press (12 May 2017). "Syrian Kurdish forces to push on IS capital this summer". Fox News. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Misdirected US strike killed 18 allied fighters in Syria". Associated Press. 13 April 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Domain hawarnews.com - whois domain information, history records database". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "About Us - ANHA". Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ^ "HAWAR NEWS AGENCY REPORTS FALSE FACTS ABOUT THE MILITARY PRESENCE IN MAREA". Verify-sy. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Turkish authorities block access to news websites". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
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