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The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), founded in 1965, is Syria's official state news agency, based in Damascus. Long the voice of the Assad government, it continued operating after the December 2024 change of power and now carries statements and news reflecting the transitional authorities. It publishes in Arabic, English and several other languages.

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Is SANA left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?

SANA is listed as Center on Crosswire: news agencies supply reporting to outlets across the whole spectrum, which rewards a deliberately neutral news style.

Read SANA beside another title from Syria and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Agency copy is written to be resold to outlets across the spectrum, so SANA is a useful baseline: compare its plain account of an event with how partisan titles in Syria headline the same wire story, and the framing each adds becomes visible by subtraction. Because SANA is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning Syria title either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.

This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.

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