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Al Jazeera
Image:AlJazeera_logo.png
TypeSatellite television network
CountryFlag of Qatar Qatar
AvailabilityWorldwide
Key peopleSheikh Hamad bin Thamer al-Thani, Chairman
Wadah Khanfar, Director-General
Ahmed Sheikh, Editor-in-chief
Launch date1996
Websitewww.aljazeera.net (Arabic)
english.aljazeera.net (Engl.)

Al Jazeera (Arabic: الجزيرة, al-ğazīrä, , meaning "The Island", or "(Northwest) Mesopotamia") is a television network headquartered in Doha, Qatar. Al Jazeera initially launched as an Arabic news and current affairs satellite TV channel of the same name, but has since expanded into a network of several specialty TV channels.

The original Al Jazeera channel's willingness to broadcast dissenting views, including on call-in shows, created controversies in Arab Gulf States and the United States. The station gained worldwide attention following the September 11, 2001 attacks, when it broadcast video statements by Osama bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders (see Videos of Osama bin Laden) and also when it reported massacres allegedly committed by the US Army both in Afghanistan and Iraq.