DUBAI: Mamdouh Al-Muhaini was Thursday appointed deputy general manager of the Al Arabiya and Al Hadath news channels.

Al-Muhaini will continue in his role as editor-in-chief of Alarabiya.net.

The appointment was announced by the channel’s general manager Dr. Nabil Khatib.

During the course of his career spanning 19 years, Al-Muhaini has worked for “Arriyadh”, “Elaph” and “Asharq Al-Awsat” where he was the newspaper's Washington correspondent for several years.