Asharq News

Asharq News, also known in Arabic as الشرق للأخبار, is an Arabic-language television channel and digital news portal launched on 11 November 2020. The brand is owned by Saudi Research and Media Group (SRMG), a Saudi media company, and operates from Riyadh with a geographically distributed reporting and production network. Its editorial proposition combines rolling television news, digital journalism, business and economic coverage, analysis, interviews, and multimedia reporting aimed primarily at audiences in the Arab world and Arabic-speaking viewers internationally. The service was established as part of SRMG's expansion into a broad, digitally oriented news operation. Rather than functioning only as a conventional television station, Asharq News presents its journalism through broadcast programming and an online platform. Its coverage spans politics, economics, markets, business, technology, society, and major regional and global developments. The brand's positioning gives substantial weight to economic and financial news, making business reporting a central element of its identity alongside general news coverage. Asharq News is headquartered in Riyadh. It maintains central offices at the Dubai International Financial Centre in the United Arab Emirates and in Washington, D.C., while also operating significant studios in Cairo and Abu Dhabi. The organization has additional offices, correspondents, and journalists in important Arab and international capitals and cities. This footprint supports reporting across the Middle East and North Africa as well as coverage of international political and economic events. A major element of the brand's business-news proposition is Asharq Business, which works with Bloomberg under an exclusive-content arrangement. The collaboration gives the service access to Bloomberg analysis and market data, particularly in finance and economics, and connects Asharq's Arabic-language audience with international business information. Asharq News also carries an Arabic edition of Bloomberg Businessweek magazine. Reference material describes the combined Asharq Business and Bloomberg operation as drawing on a worldwide network of more than 2,700 journalists and financial and economic analysts. The brand is led by Nabeel Al-Khatib, a former executive at Al Arabiya. Its programming includes daily, weekly, and monthly formats, although the available reference material does not provide a complete program list. In addition to scheduled shows, Asharq News distributes breaking-news reports, interviews, explanatory journalism, and market-oriented content through its broadcast and digital channels. Asharq News has also operated in a politically sensitive media environment. In Sudan, the channel was barred from broadcasting by the government from 20 February to 24 March 2025 after it aired a report concerning proposed amendments to the country's Constitutional Declaration; the amendments were subsequently denied by Sudan's information minister. This episode illustrates the regulatory and political risks faced by regional news organizations while operating across multiple jurisdictions. Asharq News remains an active SRMG media brand. Its core identity is that of an Arabic news service with a regional base, international reporting reach, and a distinctive emphasis on economic, financial, and business journalism.

Asharq News was launched on 11 November 2020 by Saudi Research and Media Group as an Arabic-language television and digital news operation. The service was conceived as a regional news brand with international reporting capacity and a notable focus on economics, finance, markets, and business. Its launch broadened SRMG's presence in news media beyond individual publications and into a combined broadcast-and-digital platform. From its base in Riyadh, Asharq News developed a distributed operational structure. It established central offices at the Dubai International Financial Centre and in Washington, D.C., as well as significant studios in Cairo and Abu Dhabi. Additional offices and journalists were positioned in important Arab and international cities. This network enables the brand to cover regional politics and society while also reporting on global events, international institutions, and financial markets. Business journalism became a defining part of the service through Asharq Business. SRMG and Bloomberg entered an exclusive-content arrangement under which Bloomberg analysis and market data support Asharq's financial and economic reporting. The relationship also includes an Arabic edition of Bloomberg Businessweek. Reference material characterizes the broader Asharq Business and Bloomberg operation as having access to more than 2,700 journalists and financial and economic analysts worldwide, giving Asharq News an international business-information resource in addition to its own editorial network. The service's output includes continuous news coverage, digital articles, interviews, analysis, and daily, weekly, and monthly television programs. The available reference material does not enumerate all program names, but it describes a schedule extending beyond breaking news into recurring current-affairs and specialist formats. The combination of Arabic editorial production, international bureaus, and business content positions Asharq News for audiences seeking both regional news and global economic context. Nabeel Al-Khatib, described in reference material as a former Al Arabiya executive, serves as the brand's chief executive officer. The available sources do not establish a fuller chronology of executive appointments or organizational changes. Asharq News operates in markets where broadcast licensing, government regulation, and political sensitivities can directly affect news distribution. In Sudan, authorities banned the channel from broadcasting from 20 February to 24 March 2025 after it aired a report concerning proposed amendments to the country's Constitutional Declaration. Sudan's information minister, Khalid Aleisir, subsequently denied the proposed amendments. The incident is recorded as a regulatory restriction rather than a confirmed finding of misconduct by the brand. Asharq News remains an active SRMG-owned news brand, combining a Riyadh headquarters with production and reporting facilities across the Middle East and internationally. Its continuing proposition is an Arabic-language news service that connects broad current-affairs coverage with a strong economics and business orientation.

• 2025

  Temporary broadcasting ban in Sudan

  [1]Asharq Newsen.wikipedia.org

  Sudan bars the channel from broadcasting from 20 February to 24 March following a report about proposed amendments to the Constitutional Declaration.

• 2020

  Asharq News launches

  [1]Asharq Newsen.wikipedia.org

  Asharq News begins broadcasting and digital publishing on 11 November as an SRMG-owned Arabic-language news service.

An Arabic-language regional and international news service combining television, digital journalism, and specialized business coverage, with an emphasis on economics, finance, markets, and analysis.

• Television news · 2020

  Asharq News television channel

  The brand's Arabic-language television service provides regional and international news, current-affairs coverage, interviews, analysis, and specialist programming. Its editorial agenda includes politics, society, economics, business, and major global developments. The channel is supported by production facilities in Riyadh, Dubai, Cairo, Abu Dhabi, and Washington, D.C., together with a wider reporting network.

• Digital news · 2020

  Asharq News digital portal

  Asharq's online news service publishes Arabic-language articles and multimedia coverage across regional and international affairs. It complements the television channel with web-based reporting, updates, analysis, interviews, and business content. The portal is part of the brand's integrated broadcast-and-digital model rather than a separate consumer product with an independent corporate identity.

• Business and financial news

  Asharq Business

  Asharq Business is the business-news operation associated with Asharq News. It focuses on economics, finance, companies, markets, and investment-related information. Through its arrangement with Bloomberg, the operation has access to Bloomberg analysis and market data, helping deliver internationally oriented financial coverage to Arabic-speaking audiences.

• Business magazine

  Bloomberg Businessweek Arabic edition

  Asharq News includes an Arabic-language edition of Bloomberg Businessweek as part of its wider business-media offering. The edition extends the Bloomberg relationship beyond market information and broadcast reporting into magazine-style business journalism for Arabic-speaking readers.

• Build an integrated Arabic broadcast, digital, and business-news platformStrategy

  Background

  SRMG established Asharq News as a service combining television broadcasting, online journalism, regional reporting, and a strong economics and finance proposition.

  Action taken

  The brand launched television and digital services, developed offices and studios across several regional and international cities, and supported its business coverage through Asharq Business and Bloomberg content.

  Aftermath

  Asharq News operates as an active SRMG news brand with Arabic-language regional coverage and international business-reporting capabilities.

  Source

1. 1Asharq Newsen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Asharq News official websiteasharq.com