Hawar News Agency (sometimes abbreviated ANHA) (Kurdish: Ajansa Nûçeyên a Hawar; Arabic: وكالة أنباء هاوار) is a news agency.[1][2] The site started as an Arabic-only news service.[3] Hawar News is linked to the Syrian Democratic Forces.[4]
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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 | hawarnews |
| Advertising | Yes |
| Commercial | Unknown |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | August 2012 |
| Current status | Active |
Ownership, identity and reliability
editThe ownership of the Hawar News Agency is unpublished. The website's domain name was first registered in August 2012.[5] The site's About page says just "ANHA".[6] Pro-Syrian opposition source Verify-sy claims Hawar News is affiliated with the Democratic Union Party (PYD).[7]
Access blocked from Turkey
editThe Turkish telecommunications regulator blocked access to several news agencies in July 2015.[8] The block followed the end of the Kurdish Turkish peace process[8] and was described as a counter-terrorism action. Other Kurdish language or left-wing 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.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Contact ANHA". Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
Phone 96352463446 (Hasaka Syria number)
- ^ "Suicide bomber strikes Syrian wedding". Fox News. 3 October 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
Kurdish news agency
- ^ "وكالة أنباء هاوار". Archived from the original on 20 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "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". Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. 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.
- ^ a b c "Turkish authorities block access to news websites". Committee to Protect Journalists. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
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