LONDON, 10 September 2004 — Coinciding with the third anniversary of the events of Sept 11, Arab News and Asharq Al-Awsat have launched a joint location on the Internet to focus on the Arab point of view on the tragedy.
This new site is in English and targets the world by showing opinions and articles and indepth analyses and the aftermath of the events as well as the war on terror.
This site is: www.arabnews.com/9-11 and www.aawsat.com/9-11
The site, which was the first done by the department of electronic publication at the Saudi Research & Marketing Group, which was announced by the Chairman Prince Faisal ibn Salman, includes a list of Arabic articles of well-known writers from Asharq Al-Awsat and Arab News.
In addition, there is a link to the hearing session of the Sept. 11 Commission and the full report of the final report issued by the Commission. Also incorporated are voice links to the hearing sessions related to the events and the Kingdom’s war against terrorism and terror financing.
The site also includes a seminar on Saudi-American relations in addition to many links to archives for 9-11 events and developments.
Visitors to the site will be able to post their direct responses on the articles published on the website and interact with the writers through their comments. The site will be continuously updated to add more subjects and replies.
Arab News website (www.arabnews.com)
Asharq Al-Awsat website (www.ashar
qalawsat.com)