Saba (Sanaa)

Saba is Yemen's historic state news agency, founded in 1970. Its Sanaa headquarters and the saba.ye website have been under the control of the Houthi movement (Ansar Allah) since the group seized the capital in 2014, and its output reflects the positions of the Houthi-run administration. It publishes in Arabic and English.

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Saba (Sanaa) at a glance

Country: Yemen
Region: The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula · Middle East and North Africa
Kind of outlet: News agency
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups Saba (Sanaa)

Crosswire groups Saba (Sanaa) as Centrist for comparisons within Yemen'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 Saba (Sanaa) sits in Yemen's press

Saba (Sanaa) is one of 4 outlets tracked in Yemen, and one of 2 news agencies among them — the other being Saba (Aden). By outlets tracked, Yemen ranks 18th 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 10 of the 51 news agencies in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Saba (Sanaa) outside Yemen, starting with The Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula, are KUNA (Kuwait), APS (Algeria), LANA (Libya) and SANA (Syria). Opening one of them beside Saba (Sanaa) is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.