Al-Masirah

Al-Masirah
Headquarters	Beirut, Lebanon
Programming
Languages	Arabic, English
Ownership
Owner	Houthi movement
History
Launched	2012
Links
Website	english.almasirah.net.ye

Al-Masirah (Arabic: المسيرة al-Masirah, which means "The Journey") is a Yemeni TV channel owned by the Houthi movement which was launched in 2012. It is headquartered in Beirut, Lebanon.

History

The President of the board of Al-Masirah is Mohammed Abdulsalam who is also Houthis official spokesman and their chief negotiator.

Al-Masirah was founded by the Houthi movement in January 2012 in Beirut, Lebanon and is located next to Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV with backup studios at Hezbollah headquarters. The channel launched its first test broadcast on 23 March 2012, on the Nilesat satellite.

Channel frequency during Saudi-led coalition on Yemen

On 10 May 2015, Al-Masirah, along with other anti-Saudi channels, were closed on Nile Sat & Euro Sat due to Saudi pressure on the satellite companies, which made Al-Masirah broadcast its signal instead on the Russian satellite Express AM44. After several months of being banned on Nile Sat, broadcast is now online on Nile Sat.

Killed journalists and media workers

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 defuse it.
On 17 September 2015, Bilal Sharaf al-Deen was covering an airstrike, when he was killed by a following airstrike.
On 21 January 2016, 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. The YJS, the IFJ and Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, condemned the killing of Hashem Al Hamran.

U.S. seizure of online sites

On June 22, 2021, United States law enforcement agencies seized a number of domains associated with Al-Masirah.

References

↑ 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". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 14 February 2017.
1 2 "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.
↑ 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.
1 2 "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". Mehr News Agency. 22 June 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

External links

Official website

[launch-1] Abd-al-Salam, Muhammad (January 27, 2012). "Announcement on Launch of Al-Masirah Channel on Nile Sat 10720". BBC Monitoring Middle East.

[2] "Iran's Small Hand in Yemen". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 14 February 2017.

[AW-3] 1 2 "Houthis' visit to Beirut stirs division and controversy". The Arab Weekly. 9 September 2018.

[4] "Who Are the Houthis and Why Do They Shout "Death to America"". thetower.org.

[5] "PM: Resistance media have effectively confronted hostile media empires". State-run saba news agency. pp. Paragraph 8.

[6] "بين السؤال والجواب من اين تبث قناة المسيرة اليمنية؟". موسوعة الخدمات العربية الشاملة (in Arabic). Retrieved 12 January 2024.

[7] "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.

[8] صنعاء ــ عبدالله الحبابي (29 September 2015). "تويتر يوقف حساب قناة "المسيرة" الحوثية". alaraby. Retrieved 27 February 2016.

[9] "Khaled al-Washli - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists". cpj.org. Retrieved 2015-11-25.

[dailystar-10] "Journalist among four killed in Yemen blast". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon.

[arabnews-11] "Journalist among four killed in Yemen blast". arabnews.com. January 5, 2015.

[12] "Bilal Sharaf al-Deen - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists". cpj.org. Retrieved 2015-11-25.

[CPJ_2016-02-02_CUF-13] "CPJ urges full, independent investigation into killing of journalists in Yemen". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2 February 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

[IFJ_2016-01-27_AJD-14] 1 2 "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.

[UNESCO_2016-02-09_DGC-15] "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.

[16] "Websites of Iranian TVS, Yemeni al-Masirah blocked by US". Mehr News Agency. 22 June 2021. Archived from the original on 21 February 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2021.