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| Headquarters | Beirut, Lebanon |
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| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Arabic, English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Ansarullah movement (Houthis) |
| History | |
| Launched | 2012 |
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]
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]
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.
After the Houthi takeover in Yemen, Al-Masirah lost a number of employees due to conflict.
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.
