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Al Mayadeen
Al Mayadeen (Arabic: المَيادِين, romanized: al-Mayādīn, lit. 'The Plazas') is a Lebanese pan-Arabist satellite news television channel based in the city of Beirut. Launched on 11 June 2012, it has news reporters in most of the Arab countries. Unlike its competitors, the Qatar-owned Al Jazeera and Saudi-owned Al Arabiya, as well as Sky News Arabia, and BBC News Arabic, the network is known for promoting left-wing points of views and religious plurality. At the time it was founded, most of the channel's senior staff were former correspondents and editors of Al Jazeera.
Al Mayadeen has been categorized by many media outlets as pro-Hezbollah, pro-Assad and Iran-aligned.
The network was established Beirut in 2012 by former staff of Al Jazeera Arabic who were dissatisfied with Al Jazeera’s coverage of the Syrian civil war.
The channel is part of the Al Mayadeen satellite media network, which includes a production company, a radio station, a website in Arabic, English, and Spanish, an advertising company, and other media-related projects. Along with the original headquarters in Beirut, Al Mayadeen maintains news networks and three major regional offices, one in Tunisia, another in Cairo, and a third in Tehran.
When it was launched, the channel said its owners were anonymous Arab businessmen. There was speculation about the channel's funding, with commentators suggesting the channel was funded by Iran and Hezbollah, although this was denied. Omar Ibhais, a freelance Lebanese TV producer, stated that the channel is a joint venture between the Iranians and Rami Makhlouf, cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
In 2019, a report by the London School of Economics Middle East Centre said the channel was "mooted to be backed by Iranian money". In December 2023, a report by the Denis Diderot Committee argued that the broadcast of the channel by two Eutelsat satellites are uplinked from two Italian teleports without the mandatory authorization of the Italian communication authority, AGCOM. The President of the Authority announced that a police investigation was launched.
On 25 October 2024, three journalists were killed in an Israeli bombing in Lebanon during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict. Among them were two staffers from Al Mayadeen. Tunisian journalist and director of the channel Ghassan bin Jiddo, stated that the attack was intentional.
Ghassan bin Jiddo heads Al Mayadeen as the chair of the board of directors and program director of the channel. He is the former head of Al Jazeera's Iran and Beirut offices and a former talk show host in the channel. He resigned from the Qatar-based Al Jazeera in 2011, criticizing its reporting of the Syrian civil war. Jiddo seemingly accused Al Jazeera of deviating from "professional broadcasting standards", emphasizing that Al Mayadeen would remain objective and unbiased. Nayef Krayem, the owner of the Lebanon-based Al Ittihad TV and former director of the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar, was designated as the general manager of the channel, but he resigned one month before its launch.
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Al Mayadeen
Al Mayadeen (Arabic: المَيادِين, romanized: al-Mayādīn, lit. 'The Plazas') is a Lebanese pan-Arabist satellite news television channel based in the city of Beirut. Launched on 11 June 2012, it has news reporters in most of the Arab countries. Unlike its competitors, the Qatar-owned Al Jazeera and Saudi-owned Al Arabiya, as well as Sky News Arabia, and BBC News Arabic, the network is known for promoting left-wing points of views and religious plurality. At the time it was founded, most of the channel's senior staff were former correspondents and editors of Al Jazeera.
Al Mayadeen has been categorized by many media outlets as pro-Hezbollah, pro-Assad and Iran-aligned.
The network was established Beirut in 2012 by former staff of Al Jazeera Arabic who were dissatisfied with Al Jazeera’s coverage of the Syrian civil war.
The channel is part of the Al Mayadeen satellite media network, which includes a production company, a radio station, a website in Arabic, English, and Spanish, an advertising company, and other media-related projects. Along with the original headquarters in Beirut, Al Mayadeen maintains news networks and three major regional offices, one in Tunisia, another in Cairo, and a third in Tehran.
When it was launched, the channel said its owners were anonymous Arab businessmen. There was speculation about the channel's funding, with commentators suggesting the channel was funded by Iran and Hezbollah, although this was denied. Omar Ibhais, a freelance Lebanese TV producer, stated that the channel is a joint venture between the Iranians and Rami Makhlouf, cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
In 2019, a report by the London School of Economics Middle East Centre said the channel was "mooted to be backed by Iranian money". In December 2023, a report by the Denis Diderot Committee argued that the broadcast of the channel by two Eutelsat satellites are uplinked from two Italian teleports without the mandatory authorization of the Italian communication authority, AGCOM. The President of the Authority announced that a police investigation was launched.
On 25 October 2024, three journalists were killed in an Israeli bombing in Lebanon during the Israel–Hezbollah conflict. Among them were two staffers from Al Mayadeen. Tunisian journalist and director of the channel Ghassan bin Jiddo, stated that the attack was intentional.
Ghassan bin Jiddo heads Al Mayadeen as the chair of the board of directors and program director of the channel. He is the former head of Al Jazeera's Iran and Beirut offices and a former talk show host in the channel. He resigned from the Qatar-based Al Jazeera in 2011, criticizing its reporting of the Syrian civil war. Jiddo seemingly accused Al Jazeera of deviating from "professional broadcasting standards", emphasizing that Al Mayadeen would remain objective and unbiased. Nayef Krayem, the owner of the Lebanon-based Al Ittihad TV and former director of the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Manar, was designated as the general manager of the channel, but he resigned one month before its launch.