Al-Masirah Explained

Al-Masirah
Launch Date:	2012
Owner:	Ansarullah movement (Houthis)
Language:	Arabic, English
Headquarters:	Beirut, Lebanon

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]}

History

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. The channel launched its first test broadcast on 23 March 2012, on the Nilesat satellite.^[6]

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^[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

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.^[16]

U.S. seizure of online sites

On June 22, 2021, United States law enforcement agencies seized a number of domains associated with Al-Masirah.^[17]

External links

• english.almasirah.net.ye

See also

• Television in Yemen
• Ansarullah movement (Houthis)
• List of journalists killed in Yemen

Notes and References

1. News: Muhammad . Abd-al-Salam . Announcement on Launch of Al-Masirah Channel on Nile Sat 10720. BBC Monitoring Middle East. January 27, 2012.
2. Web site: Iran's Small Hand in Yemen. carnegieendowment.org. 14 February 2017.
3. News: Houthis' visit to Beirut stirs division and controversy. The Arab Weekly. 9 September 2018.
4. Web site: Who Are the Houthis and Why Do They Shout "Death to America". thetower.org. 51.
5. News: PM: Resistance media have effectively confronted hostile media empires . Paragraph 8 . State-run saba news agency .
6. Web site: بين السؤال والجواب من اين تبث قناة المسيرة اليمنية؟ . 12 January 2024 . موسوعة الخدمات العربية الشاملة . ar.
7. Web site: توقف بث قناة "المسيرة" التابعة للحوثيين على "نايل سات" و"يوتيوب" يحجب صفحتها نتيجة ضغوط سعودية وأمريكية. رأي اليوم. 10 May 2015 . 27 February 2016.
8. Web site: ...عبد السلام: قناة المسيرة مستمرة. 27 February 2016.
9. Web site: تويتر يوقف حساب قناة "المسيرة" الحوثية. صنعاء ــ عبدالله الحبابي. 29 September 2015. alaraby. 27 February 2016.
10. Web site: Khaled al-Washli - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists. cpj.org. 2015-11-25.
11. Web site: Journalist among four killed in Yemen blast. The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon.
12. News: Journalist among four killed in Yemen blast. arabnews.com. January 5, 2015.
13. Web site: Bilal Sharaf al-Deen - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists. cpj.org. 2015-11-25.
14. Web site: CPJ urges full, independent investigation into killing of journalists in Yemen . Committee to Protect Journalists . 2 February 2016 . 11 February 2016.
15. Web site: Further media violations in Yemen: another journalist dead and a newspaper silenced . International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) . 27 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160214140754/http://www.ifj.org/nc/news-single-view/backpid/1/article/further-media-violations-in-yemen-another-journalist-dead-and-a-newspaper-silenced/ . 14 February 2016 . live .
16. Web site: Director-General condemns killing of media worker Hashem Al Hamran in Yemen . UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization . 9 February 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160225155003/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/about-us/who-we-are/director-general/singleview-dg/news/director_general_condemns_killing_of_media_worker_hashem_al_hamran_in_yemen/ . 25 February 2016 . live .
17. Web site: Websites of Iranian TVS, Yemeni al-Masirah blocked by US. 22 June 2021.