The portal provides breaking news reports, political analyses, and other general economic and entertainment coverage to an audience of Arabic speakers worldwide.

Live, on-site video coverage and advertisements curated by Bawabat Al-Watan (the in-site ad agency) are as important to its journalistic mix as written articles.

[1] Journalist Mahmoud Muslim serves as the editor, and Future Media is owned by Mohamed Al-Amin.

[2] After the release of Innocence of Muslims and the publication of caricatures of Muhammad in the French weekly Charlie Hebdo, El Watan News published a special issue including 15 five-panel cartoons in response.

They were also published on the website, in addition to articles translated into Hebrew, German, English.