Since June 2012 the daily has offered a monthly supplement which is developed by Anadolu Agency's Middle East and Africa regional directorate.

[9] In 2011 Al Sharq was one of the 50 most powerful online Arab newspapers in the list of Forbes.

[13][14] It mostly provides news about the meetings and activities of the ruling family, Al Thani, and government officials.

However, in 2008 a Jordanian journalist working for the daily was sentenced to three-year imprisonment due to her article in which she criticized Hamad hospital administration.

[15] While reporting the events following the 2013 coup in Egypt Al Sharq praised security forces while its rival Al Raya, another Arabic Qatari paper, emphasized the demonstrations by the supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted President Mohamed Morsi.