SAPRAC was founded in March 2016 by Salman Al-Ansari, a Saudi writer and political commentator and is headquartered at 1101 30th St NW in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington D.C..

[2][3] In July 2017, SAPRAC purchased $138,000 on seven, 30-second TV spots on WRC-TV, and then $120,000 on four television advertisements played during NBC's Meet the Press.

The advertisements were intended to portray Qatar in a bad light, characterizing them as state-sponsors of terror, and an opponent of U.S. allies in the Middle East.

SAPRAC established a website called 'The Qatar Insider' which acts as a newsletter, disparaging the Qatari government and its policies.

[4][5] Barry Bennett, a Republican lobbyist and consultant,[6] urged the Department of Justice in a letter to investigate SAPRAC for allegedly violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act.