Arab Times
Kuwaiti English-language daily owned by Ahmed Al-Jarallah
Arab Times is an English-language daily newspaper based in Al Shuwaikh, Kuwait. It was launched in 1977 by Dar Al-Seyassah as a weekly before becoming a daily, and is described as the first English-language newspaper of independent Kuwait. Its owner and editor-in-chief is Ahmed Al-Jarallah, who also owns the Arabic daily Al-Seyassah.Sources:1Wikipedia: Arab Times, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)2Wikipedia: Ahmed Al-Jarallah, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
Who it favours
Our reading of 1 article by Arab Times on stories with competing sides. A story counts only when two signals point the same way; balanced coverage counts too. How we decide.
Balanced in every story we analysed.
Who controls it
Whoever owns an outlet, provides most of its money or directs it controls it. Our rule.
No government, party or politician is documented as its owner, main funder or director.
Owners, funders and directors
- OwnerDar Al-SeyassahPublishing house that launched the paper Sources:1Wikipedia: Arab Times, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
- OwnerAhmed Al-JarallahOwner and editor-in-chief Sources:1Wikipedia: Arab Times, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)2Wikipedia: Ahmed Al-Jarallah, Wikipedia (source, opens in a new tab)
As documented, nearest first. Each note says what the source supports.
How we use it
1 story cites Arab Times directly.
October 2026
- Iran's president says many struggle for food as Tehran offers to reopen Hormuz if US lifts blockadeMasoud Pezeshkian said many Iranians struggle to put food on the table, Iran's envoy to Pakistan said Tehran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz if the US lifted its blockade, and a US carrier was reported rearming for possible strikes.
Outside left–right raters
For comparison only. Western raters place outlets on a left–right line, which says nothing about whom they favour in a given story or who funds them; our own tally is above.
No outside rater covers this outlet.
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