Al-Masirah (Arabic: المسيرة al-Masirah, which means "The Journey") is a Yemeni TV channel which was founded and is owned by the Ansarullah movement (Houthis).[1] The TV channel is headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon.[2][3][4]
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| Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Arabic, English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ansarullah movement (Houthis) |
| History | |
| Launched | 2012 |
History edit
The President of the board of Al-Masirah is Mohammed Abdulsalam who is also Houthis official spokesman and their chief negotiator.[5]
Al-Masirah was founded by the Ansarullah movement (Houthis) in January 2012 in Beirut, Lebanon and is located next to Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV with backup studios at Hezbollah headquarters.[3] The channel launched its first test broadcast on 23 March 2012, on the Nilesat satellite.[6]
Channel frequency during Saudi-led coalition on Yemen edit
On 10 May 2015, Al-Masirah, along with other anti-Saudi channels, were closed on Nile Sat & Euro Sat[7] several times[8] due to Saudi pressure on the satellite companies, which made Al-Masirah broadcast its signal instead on the Russian satellite Express AM44.[9] After several months of being banned on Nile Sat, broadcast is now online on Nile Sat.
Killed journalists and media workers edit
After the Houthi takeover in Yemen, Al-Masirah lost a number of employees due to conflict.
- On 4 January 2015 Al-Masirah Journalist Khaled al-Washli was killed by an exploding bomb as he covered attempts to diffuse it.[10][11][12]
- On 17 September 2015 Bilal Sharaf al-Deen was covering an airstrike, when he was killed by a following airstrike.[13]
- On 21 January 2016, the 17-year-old TV cameraman Hashem al-Hamran was mortally injured by an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition in the city of Dahian in Saada Governorate, when he was filming bombing raids for al-Masirah. He died from his wounds on 22 January 2016.[14][15] The YJS, the IFJ and Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, condemned the killing of Hashem Al Hamran.[15][16]
U.S. seizure of online sites edit
On June 22, 2021, United States law enforcement agencies seized a number of domains associated with Al-Masirah.[17] The main website is now back online at almasirah.com.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Abd-al-Salam, Muhammad (January 27, 2012). "Announcement on Launch of Al-Masirah Channel on Nile Sat 10720". BBC Monitoring Middle East.
- ^ "Iran's Small Hand in Yemen". carnegieendowment.org. 14 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Houthis' visit to Beirut stirs division and controversy". The Arab Weekly. 9 September 2018.
- ^ "Who Are the Houthis and Why Do They Shout "Death to America"". thetower.org.
- ^ "PM: Resistance media have effectively confronted hostile media empires". State-run saba news agency. pp. Paragraph 8.
- ^ "بين السؤال والجواب من اين تبث قناة المسيرة اليمنية؟". موسوعة الخدمات العربية الشاملة (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "توقف بث قناة "المسيرة" التابعة للحوثيين على "نايل سات" و"يوتيوب" يحجب صفحتها نتيجة ضغوط سعودية وأمريكية". رأي اليوم. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "...عبد السلام: قناة المسيرة مستمرة". Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ صنعاء ــ عبدالله الحبابي (29 September 2015). "تويتر يوقف حساب قناة "المسيرة" الحوثية". alaraby. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ^ "Khaled al-Washli - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists". cpj.org. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ "Journalist among four killed in Yemen blast". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon.
- ^ "Journalist among four killed in Yemen blast". arabnews.com. January 5, 2015.
- ^ "Bilal Sharaf al-Deen - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists". cpj.org. Retrieved 2015-11-25.
- ^ "CPJ urges full, independent investigation into killing of journalists in Yemen". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
- ^ a b "Further media violations in Yemen: another journalist dead and a newspaper silenced". International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). 27 January 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2016.
- ^ "Director-General condemns killing of media worker Hashem Al Hamran in Yemen". UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. 9 February 2016. Archived from the original on 25 February 2016.
- ^ "Websites of Iranian TVS, Yemeni al-Masirah blocked by US". 22 June 2021.