Iraqi News Agency

Iraqi News Agency (INA)
Agency overview
Formed1959
HeadquartersBaghdad
Websiteina.iq/en/

The Iraqi News Agency (INA), (Arabic: وكالة الأنباء العراقية (واع)) is an Iraqi Baghdad-based public service broadcaster established in March 1959 during the reign of Abdul Karim Qasim. It is the second oldest news agency among Arab countries after the Middle East News Agency in Egypt, which was established in 1955.

The Iraqi News Agency (INA) at one point employed 320 editorial, technical and administrative staff and had 48 offices and correspondents in Arab and foreign countries. This number was reduced to 15 since sanctions were imposed on Iraq in August 1990. In April 1999 the Iraqi News Agency (INA) launched an Arabic and English site. And leading world news agencies such as AFP, dpa and EFE were subscribed to INA.

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