| It was launched at 0956 GMT on 11 March 2008 | The service is based in the Peel Wing of in London |
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| Plans to relaunch the channel were announced in October 2005 and broadcasting was to start in Autumn 2007, but was delayed until 2008 | Ian Richardson, 2018-03-24 at the , first published in The Independent and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, April 1997 |
| Ian Richardson, who set up the news department during that time blamed the short life of the channel on a clash with the owners over content | The channel eventually relaunched at 0956 on 11 March 2008, with the first news bulletin airing at the top of the hour at 1000 |
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| It is run by the BBC World Service and funded from the British television licence fee | BBC news bulletins of either 30 or 60 minutes in duration are broadcast throughout the day, covering stories by journalists and correspondents around the world |
In 2011, as the cut funding to the BBC, forcing the to close down its services in five languages, the government simultaneously increased funding to the BBC Arabic service, in the words of , to "assist the BBC Arabic Service to continue their valuable work in ".
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