Emirates News Agency

Emirates News Agency
وكالة أنباء الإمارات; وام
Agency overview
Formed	November 1976 (established); 18 June 1977 (began operations)
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Arab Emirates
Headquarters	Abu Dhabi
Agency executives	Mohamed Jalal Alrayssi, Director-General; Abdulla Abdulkareem, Head of Media Coverage Department;
Website	WAM

Emirates News Agency (Arabic: وكالة أنباء الإمارات, romanized: Wakalat Anba'a al Emarat), also known as WAM (Arabic: وام), is the official news agency of the United Arab Emirates.^[1]^[2]

^ "United Arab Emirates profile". BBC. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^ "UAE Media Sustainability Index" (PDF). IREX. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.

Agency overview
وكالة أنباء الإمارات وام

Formed	November 1976 (established) 18 June 1977 (began operations)
Jurisdiction	Government of the United Arab Emirates
Headquarters	Abu Dhabi
Agency executives	Mohamed Jalal Alrayssi, Director-General Abdulla Abdulkareem, Head of Media Coverage Department
Website	WAM