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Middle East and Central Asia News Sources in the SOAS Library

ICON
The ICON Database of International Newspapers is a freely accessible electronic resource intended to provide reliable information on newspapers published outside of the United States. It includes bibliographic descriptions of titles as well as specific information on institutions’ holdings of the same. The database serves as a central locus for information on international newspaper collections available in North American libraries and in selected libraries outside North America, providing a tool for resource discovery, access, and collection management.

Arab and world newspaper
This website draws a fairly exhaustive list of links to the main newspapers of the Arab world, sorted by country. There is also a list of some Arabic radio stations with links to them under the “radio” section.

Mafhoum - Database for the Arab world News and Media

List of news sources in Arabic Language

MideastWire.com

Mideast Youth
A digital network of blogs, social networking sites and media outlets to keep up to date with what Middle Eastern youth are saying, writing and doing.

Arabic Media Internet Network (AMIN)

Islamic Republic news agency

Institute for War and Peace Reporting
A British NGO for training journalists with excellent news sites on Afghanistan, Caucasus and Central Asia

International Crisis Group
issues reports and briefs on various conflicts around the world

Eurasia.net.org
EurasiaNet.org provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, Turkey, and Southwest Asia.  

Central Eurasia page

Transitions online

Freedom House –Nations in transition

Nezavisimaya gazeta (News in Russian)

See www.thepaperboy.com for newspapers on the net