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Ma'an News Agency

🇵🇸PS · digital · independent · maannews.net

Spectrum	Left Centre-left Centre Centre-right Right State / loyalist An estimate, not a score.
Founded	2005 — First launch of Ma'an News Agency (MNA), the wire/news service itself. The outlet's own About page states it is 'an integral part of Ma'an Network, a non-profit media organization founded in 2002' — so the parent network predates the news a · source
Headquarters	Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestinian territories — main office at Al-Karkafa Street, Al-Majd Building, 8th floor; sub-office in Gaza City; branch offices in Hebron · source
Funding	States its funding comes from advertising revenue. Its 2005 launch was funded by the Danish Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority and the Netherlands Representative Office to the Palestinian Authority, credited by the outlet as support 'during MNA's foundational period.'
Reach	States that site visitors exceed three million per month and describes itself as the main source of independent news from Palestine.
In its own words	States that it 'scrupulously maintains its editorial independence and aims to promote access to information, freedom of expression, press freedom, and media pluralism in Palestine'; separately describes itself as having become 'the premier source of independent Palestinian news on the internet.'
Identity	Wikipedia

Bias we have measured in their reporting

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Ownership

Holder	Type	Stake	Control	Instrument	Since	Source
Ma'an Network	company	not disclosed	yes	foundation	—	link

Percentages appear only where a source states them. "Not disclosed" means nobody published a number, not that we did not look.

Editorial control

Nasser Laham

Editor-in-chief

Palestinian journalist and director with a career spanning over three decades in written, audio and visual journalism; also director of Al Mayadeen channel's Palestine office and a member of the Palestinian National Council.

Raed Othman

General director

Described in November 2013 reporting as general director of Ma'an News Agency and former manager of Bethlehem TV; his current (2026) tenure in the role was not verified.

Journalists

Abdel Nasser al-Laham

Photographer

Photographer covering local news for Ma'an News Agency; arrested by Israeli forces on 16 October 2023 and held without charge at Ofer Prison until his release on 14 May 2025.