The story
Founded by Ghassan Aboud in 2008.1
Private company
Orient News
Logo: غسان عبود, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
Syrian television network based in Istanbul, Turkey
Orient News (in Arabic تلفزيون أورينت) was a Syrian media group owned by Syrian businessman, journalist and opposition figure Ghassan Aboud, based in Istanbul, providing news service to the Middle East with a focus on Syria. It ceased to exist on 21 November 2023.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
2008Founded1
- Industrymass media1
- HeadquartersDubai1
- Websiteorient-news.net
- Slogan“He who hears is not like he who sees”1
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Orient News (in Arabic تلفزيون أورينت) was a Syrian media group owned by Syrian businessman, journalist and opposition figure Ghassan Aboud, based in Istanbul, providing news service to the Middle East with a focus on Syria. It ceased to exist on 21 November 2023.2
Leadership
Who has led Orient News, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
- FounderGhassan Aboud1
Subsidiaries and ownership
Owners
From Wikidata.1
Timeline
Links
- Websiteorient-news.net1
- X (Twitter)x.com/OrientNews1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/Orient.Tv.Net1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCZslGytOwaEEZPkiE4X47FA1
- WikipediaOrient News
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ19317043
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataOrient News on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaOrient News on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsOrient News logo by غسان عبود, CC BY-SA 4.0