It is part of the Abu Dhabi Media group, a state-owned organization.
[3] Al-Ittihad was launched as a 12-page weekly publication with a distribution of 5,500 copies.
It started as a weekly publication as there was no local printing press and the papers were produced in Beirut and shipped.
[5][6] The estimated circulation of the daily in 2003 was 58,000 copies, making it the second after Al Khaleej in the country.
[8] The paper's online version was the 24th most visited website for 2010 in the MENA region.