“Akhbar al-Youm” is an independent agency in the fullest sense of the word, and it has maintained this trend despite all the circumstances that Lebanon has gone through, since its first issue was published. In front of all ideas and opinions, the agency "Akhbar Al-Youm", licensed by the Lebanese Ministry of Information, and carrying political privilege, first category, and managed by Omar Al-Rassi and Bassam Abu Zaid."