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The Al Jazeera English news channel — an offshoot of the Arabic al-Jazeera network — will soon be available to TV viewers in many American cities. 

Launched 2 1/2 years ago, the Al Jazeera English channel can be seen in more than 100 countries. But in the U.S. it has been carried only by two tiny cable systems in Vermont and Ohio and by a private cable hookup available in a few buildings in Washington, D.C. 

But under an agreement with MHz Networks, a nonprofit educational broadcaster based in Falls Church, Va., the channel is now available throughout the Washington area and will be expanded to 20 other cities in the next few months, The Washington Post reports. 

The channel is funded by the Persian Gulf state of Qatar. Its parent entity, the al-Jazeera network, angered some officials in the George W. Bush administration with its alleged anti-American bias in reporting on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

The network has also been criticized for airing videos from Osama bin Laden. 

Al Jazeera English has not drawn such criticism, and Will Stebbins, its Washington bureau chief, said distributing it to American viewers is “a positive development.” 

According to The Post, 18 million U.S. households will ultimately be able to receive some or all of the channel’s programming.