Outlet track record
Al-Monitor (carrying Reuters reporting)
U.S. left-center, Middle East-focused
Al-Monitor is a privately owned, Washington D.C.-based outlet specializing in Middle East news and analysis, founded in 2012 by Syrian-American businessman Jamal Daniel. It draws on a large network of regional contributors and carries wire service content including Reuters reporting. Its coverage of Trump administration Middle East policy pulls from voices across the region — including perspectives critical of U.S. posture — making its overall stance mixed rather than consistently supportive or adversarial.
Owned byFounded and majority-controlled by Jamal Daniel, a Syrian-American businessman and oil-and-gas investor (Crest Investment Company, Houston); North Base Media — co-founded by former Washington Post/Wall Street Journal executive editor Marcus Brauchli — assumed operational and financial management in 2018
LeaningU.S. left-center, Middle East-focused
On the administrationmixed
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun