SANA media bias and reliability
Media Bias/Fact Check places SANA on the left. We have seen it on 377 published stories of ours.
The short answers
Is SANA biased?
Media Bias/Fact Check places SANA on the left. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is SANA left or right?
Media Bias/Fact Check places SANA on the left. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Left.
Is SANA reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for SANA are Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What SANA has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with SANA’s own report linked underneath.
US news outlets will announce midterm election winners before all votes are tallied, using data from the Associated Press or Decision Desk HQ. These providers use vote counts, statistical analysis, and modeling to project outcomes, though past race calls have been retracted.
SANA reported it asU.S. Platform: 9 States Experiencing Close Competition in Congress ' S Mid-Renewal Elections (opens SANA in a new tab)
The World Health Organization's Director-General is calling for the finalization of a global pandemic treaty. Citing deadly epidemics like Ebola and the unequal distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to overcome disagreements on key issues.
SANA reported it asGlobal Health: the Ebola Outbreak Underlines the Need to Complete the Pandemic Agreement and Strengthen International Cooperation (opens SANA in a new tab)
Prime Minister Mark Carney stated he had a 'good conversation' with U.S. President Donald Trump regarding trade. Carney indicated that Canadian and U.S. representatives will work in the coming weeks to finalize a trade deal, which he said would create jobs and boost affordability.
SANA reported it asCarney: Good Conversation with Trump on the Future of Trade Relations Between the Two Countries (opens SANA in a new tab)
North Korea's defense research institutes have tested a cluster bomb warhead intended for tactical ballistic missiles. State media reported the weapon can destroy an area of up to 13 hectares, and Pyongyang plans to equip military units with various types by the end of 2026.
SANA reported it asNorth Korea Is Testing a Cluster Warhead for Ballistic Missiles. (opens SANA in a new tab)
Russian strikes on energy infrastructure left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without power on Sunday, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Meanwhile, Russian authorities reported significant damage to an industrial facility in the Nizhny Novgorod region following a Ukrainian drone attack.
SANA reported it asRussian Bombing Is Cutting Off Electricity From Hundreds of Thousands of Families in Ukraine. (opens SANA in a new tab)
Saudi Aramco has acquired a 49% stake in the artificial intelligence company Humain from the Public Investment Fund for approximately 9.9 billion Saudi riyals ($2.6 billion). The deal includes cash and asset transfers, with Humain planning significant data centre capacity by 2030.
SANA reported it asSaudi Aramco Acquires 49% Stake in Artificial Intelligence Company Humine (opens SANA in a new tab)
Russia vetoed a US-drafted resolution aimed at ending the UN peacekeeping mission in Western Sahara and establishing a new political one. A subsequent Russian proposal to extend the existing mission for a year also failed to pass.
SANA reported it asThe Mandate of the United Nations Mission in Western Sahara Has Ended. (opens SANA in a new tab)
A Yemeni staff member of the UN Human Rights Office, Mohammad el Shami, has died in Houthi custody. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights is calling for an independent investigation into his death.
SANA reported it asGutierrez Condemns the Killing of a Yemeni National Staff Member While in Detention with Al-Houthi Militia. (opens SANA in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated that the US has neutralized much of Iran's military but still needs to address one or two targets, including a suspected nuclear site. He suggested these could be dealt with quickly.
SANA reported it asTramp: We Have One or Two Military Targets in Iran, Including Mount Axe. (opens SANA in a new tab)
Canada and the European Union are engaged in high-level discussions in Montreal, seeking to expand their partnership into new areas like strategic minerals and digital trade. The summit is viewed as a move to create an independent global stance.
SANA reported it asEU, Canada forge landmark strategic alliance in critical minerals, AI and digital trade (opens SANA in a new tab)
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and demanded the release of a Japanese national detained in Russia. Russia stated it had detained a Japanese journalist on suspicion of espionage.
SANA reported it asJapan Calls on Russia to Release a Detained Journalist and Calls for a Just Peace in Ukraine. (opens SANA in a new tab)
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that American sanctions on Iran are highly successful, potentially leading to a 25% economic contraction by March 2026. He also claimed that Iran's ability to fund proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah is diminishing and that soldiers are not being paid.
SANA reported it asThe United States Treasury: the Naval Blockade and Sanctions Paralyze the Iranian Economy and Exacerbate Its Crisis (opens SANA in a new tab)
Yemen's Houthis reportedly launched missile attacks on Aden airport and the presidential palace. Residents heard explosions in the city, which serves as the temporary seat of the internationally recognized government.
SANA reported it asYemeni Army: Al-Houthi Militia Renewed Its Targeting of Aden Airport and Qasr Al-Mussakiq with Ballistic Missiles (opens SANA in a new tab)
The US Federal Communications Commission will vote on November 19 to ban China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom from direct access to US phone numbers. The move aims to enhance national security and prevent scam-related robocalls.
SANA reported it asBeijing Denounces New American Plans to Restrict Chinese Telecommunications Companies. (opens SANA in a new tab)
Pentagon officials have asked several NATO countries, including Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, to tone down their public rhetoric regarding the threat posed by Russia. The request stems from concerns that some European statements have undermined continental security.
SANA reported it asReuters: The Pentagon Is Asking European Countries to Tone Down Their Rhetoric Towards Russia. (opens SANA in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
SANA reported it asPenance's Coded Currency Platform Confirms that She's Being Hacked Into and Frozen Assets of About $3 Billion. (opens SANA in a new tab)
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta will visit South Korea separately this week for summits with President Lee Jae Myung. Discussions will cover bilateral cooperation in areas including trade, investment, defense, and nuclear power.
SANA reported it asVYDAN: We Will Continue to Work to Deepen Cooperation Among the Countries of the Turkish World. (opens SANA in a new tab)
New York has enacted legislation restricting how AI companion chatbots interact with children under 18. The law, signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, defines a dozen prohibited 'unsafe AI companion features' and takes effect January 1.
SANA reported it asThe State of New York Has Laws that Protect Children From the Dangers of Artificial Intelligence. (opens SANA in a new tab)
Russia's Ministry of Defence announced missile and drone strikes targeting military production and logistics infrastructure in Ukraine. Kyiv reported one death and fourteen injuries from an attack on the Southern Bridge in the capital.
SANA reported it asIn Mutual Attacks, Kiev Announces Casualties and Damage, and Russia Intercepts over 1,200 Marches. (opens SANA in a new tab)
US Vice President JD Vance sent a letter to Iran's top security official, Mohsen Rezaei, in an effort to restart peace negotiations and prevent potential US bombings. President Donald Trump has denied directing Vance to initiate these talks.
SANA reported it asVance Opens a Negotiating Channel with Tehran and Trump Keeps the Military Option on the Table. (opens SANA in a new tab)
Who says so
One organisation has published a rating for this outlet. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
- Media Bias/Fact CheckleftCheck it
How reliably it reports fact
A rating of the newsroom in general, by others, and a different thing from the Trust score we publish on each story, which judges one piece of reporting.
Mixed factuality
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Who owns it
- State MediaGovernmentdirect owner
Where it publishes from
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 377
- Reports listed
- 407
- We could read
- 49
- First seen
- 3 August 2026
358 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 49 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 205 of those stories, outlets rated left were largely absent from the coverage and SANA ran the story anyway.
Across the 376 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, we logged no report earlier than SANA’s on 6 of them. Overall it filed a median of 22 hours after the earliest report we logged.
Measured 3 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 3 November 2026. Ratings pulled 2 November 2026.
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