HuffPost has pulled the plug on its Arabic-language service after a three-year run. The company did not give a reason for the move, which came into effect on 30 March, saying only that “this was a mutual decision by HuffPost and our partners, Integral Media Strategies, as both organizations continue to re-assess and evaluate how and where each can best serve audiences in the region,” according to the National. The company’s French-language Maghreb publication will continue to operate normally. HuffPost Arabi — one of the websites that had been blocked in Egypt — was headed by the former head of Al Jazeera Wadah Khanfar.

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