Arab News

Arab News is Saudi Arabia's leading English-language daily newspaper, based in Riyadh. It covers regional and international news, politics, and business for an English-speaking audience across the Middle East and beyond. One of the kingdom's principal English-language outlets, it maintains print and digital editions.

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Arab News at a glance

Country: Saudi Arabia
Region: The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Arab News

Crosswire groups Arab News as Centrist for comparisons within Saudi Arabia's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where Arab News sits in Saudi Arabia's press

Arab News is one of 5 outlets tracked in Saudi Arabia, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Saudi Gazette and Okaz. By outlets tracked, Saudi Arabia ranks 11th of the 20 countries on Crosswire's Middle East and North Africa hub, which lists 99 outlets in all.

Across the Middle East and North Africa, Crosswire tracks 49 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Arab News outside Saudi Arabia, starting with The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, are The National (United Arab Emirates), The Peninsula (Qatar), Kuwait Times (Kuwait) and Gulf Daily News (Bahrain). Opening one of them beside Arab News is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.