| Nativename: | وكالة أنباء الإمارات |
| Jurisdiction: | Government of the United Arab Emirates |
| Headquarters: | Abu Dhabi |
| Chief1 Name: | Mohamed Jalal Alrayssi |
| Chief1 Position: | Director-General |
| Chief2 Name: | Abdulla Abdulkareem |
| Chief2 Position: | Head of Media Coverage Department |
| Website: | WAM |
| Formed: | November 1976 18 June 1977 |
Emirates News Agency (Arabic: وكالة أنباء الإمارات|Wakalat Anba'a al Emarat), also known as WAM, is the official news agency of the United Arab Emirates.[1] [2]
The WAM was established in November 1976.[3] [4] It started an Arabic service on 18 June 1977, and an English service in December 1978.[3]
It is headquartered in Abu Dhabi and is part of National Media Council.[5]
In addition to its national offices, it has international offices in Cairo, Beirut, Washington, Sanaa, Brussels and Islamabad.[5] It is a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council news agencies, the Federation of Arab News Agencies (FANA),[6] the International Islamic News Agency, the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool[5] and of the Organization of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA).[7]
The agency has cooperation and news exchange agreements with various news agencies, including the Sudan News Agency, Bernama (Malaysia), Xinhua (China), the Kuwait News Agency, Petra (Jordan), the Indonesian News Agency, and the Saba News Agency (Yemen).[8] Since 2012, the agency has also been in cooperation with Anadolu Agency (Turkey).[9] WAM launched a Hebrew language service in April 2021.[10]