Shaam News Network

{{Short description|Syrian opposition media outlet}}

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| abbreviation = SNN

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| language = Arabic

| website = {{url|www.shaam.org/}}

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Shaam News Network (S.N.N., {{langx|ar|شبكة شام الإخبارية}}) is a Syrian media outlet. It is named after the Arabic name for the Levant region.

It was funded by Syrian-American activists at the beginning of the Syrian revolution in 2011.

It publishes videos, photos and articles by citizen journalists on its website and social media networks.{{Cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/28/tech/web/shaam-news-syria/index.html|title='SNN,' YouTube help amplify voices in Syria |first=John D. |last=Sutter|work=CNN|access-date=2018-03-18}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2011-11-18/syrian-american-activists-and-shaam-news-network|title=Syrian-American Activists and the Shaam News Network|work=Public Radio International|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/listeningpost/2016/02/alternative-media-syria-160223063716710.html|title=Alternative Media: Syria|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=2018-03-18}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.jhr-nyu.com/journal-articles/2017/3/23/citizens-journalism-policing-human-rights-in-the-age-of-social-media|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180415124832/http://www.jhr-nyu.com/journal-articles/2017/3/23/citizens-journalism-policing-human-rights-in-the-age-of-social-media|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 15, 2018|title=Citizens Journalism: Policing Human Rights in the Age of Social Media|work=Journal of Human Rights at NYU|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/opinion/22friedman.html|title=Opinion {{!}} They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?|last=Friedman|first=Thomas L.|date=2011-05-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} It also publishes a newspaper called Shaam.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/world/middleeast/syrian-newspapers-emerge-to-fill-out-war-reporting.html|title=Syrian Newspapers Emerge to Fill Out War Reporting|last=MacFarquhar|first=Neil|date=2013-04-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-03-18|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Many international media used footage published by Shaam News Network, including Al Jazeera English,{{Citation|last=Al Jazeera English|title=Sniper on a roof in Deraa|date=2011-05-10|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XC3d7NMaGE|accessdate=2018-03-23}} Associated Press,{{Citation|last=Associated Press|title=Witnesses: Syrian Forces Kill 30 Protesters|date=2011-05-06|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1ZZtGUQYyM|accessdate=2018-03-23}} Al Arabiya,{{Citation|last=AlArabiya قناة العربية|title=Graffiti Men of the Syrian Uprising|date=2011-07-21|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvexAQ5g-68|accessdate=2018-03-23}} Al Aan TV,{{Citation|last=Al Aan Arabic Television تلفزيون الآن|title=شبكة شام: قصف على أحياء حمص وقوات النظام تحاول إقتحامها|date=2013-07-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ebhK6F0YDg|accessdate=2018-03-23}} and Sky News Arabia.{{Citation|last=سكاي نيوز عربية|title=غارة على حي برزة بدمشق|date=2013-08-09|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIyYCXalV4M|accessdate=2018-03-23}}