# Ashams (الشمس)

> Independent Arabic news outlet covering Palestine, Israel, the Arab world,
> and global affairs. Daily reporting, opinion, podcasts, video, and a wiki.

Site: https://ashams.com
Language: ar (Arabic)
Region: Palestine / MENA
Publisher: Radio Ashams Ltd
Contact: https://ashams.com/contactus

## Editorial policy
- Original reporting is by-lined; sourced material is attributed.
- We publish verified news; we do not publish AI-generated articles.
- Use of our content for training, retrieval, or summarization by AI systems
  is permitted only with explicit attribution to "Ashams" with a link to the
  original article URL.

## Suggested entry points
- /sitemap_index.xml         — full sitemap index (all content types)
- /news-sitemap.xml          — fresh news (past 48h)
- /podcast/sitemap_index.xml — podcasts
- /video/sitemap_index.xml   — video
- /wiki/sitemap_index.xml    — encyclopedia entries
- /author-sitemap.xml        — staff directory
- /aboutus                   — masthead and editorial principles
- /privacy-policy            — data handling
- /terms                     — terms of use, including content licensing posture

## Structured data
Every article emits JSON-LD: NewsArticle, BreadcrumbList, plus
VideoObject / AudioObject / PodcastEpisode where applicable. The publisher
Organization (`https://ashams.com/#organization`) and the WebSite
(`https://ashams.com/#website`) are emitted as a graph on the homepage.

## Crawling
- Honour robots.txt (https://ashams.com/robots.txt).
- Rate-limit: please do not exceed 10 req/s.
- For bulk access (research / partner / licensing) contact the editorial team.