Al Jazeera is reorganizing its Arabic news services and adding an artificial intelligence (AI) initiative for newsroom work as the Qatar-based network marks 30 years of broadcasting to audiences across the region and beyond.
Al Jazeera said the reorganization gives different channels distinct roles for live events, breaking coverage and more detailed reporting. The shift follows the network’s earlier plan for a three-screen Arabic news overhaul.
Al Jazeera said it reaches more than 430 million homes, with more than 3,000 staff across more than 70 bureaus. It has grown from an Arabic satellite television channel into a network with television, websites and digital services in multiple languages, the broadcaster said. Its English-language service began in 2006.
The anniversary gathering took place Sunday at Al Jazeera’s Doha headquarters. Al Jazeera said Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, joined other delegates at the anniversary event. Director of News Raed Fakih said the newsroom would widen its coverage to include a broader mix of subjects and viewpoints.
Al Jazeera began broadcasting in Doha on Nov. 1, 1996, as an Arabic-language satellite channel. The network said it was the only foreign broadcaster in Kabul after the United States attacked Afghanistan in 2001. It also said audiences followed its live coverage of Arab Spring protests in 2011 and that the reporting received a Peabody Award.
Al Jazeera says at least nine governments have tried to silence it and that two dozen of its journalists have been killed since it launched. The network said a U.S. strike hit its Baghdad office in 2003, killing correspondent Tareq Ayyoub.
Al Jazeera launched The Core on Sunday. The network first announced the project in December 2025 with Google Cloud and says it will help newsroom staff organize information, plan coverage and consult its reporting archive.
