Lebanon probes two Houthi-affiliated TV sations operating from Beirut
February 23, 2022, 7:46 am

Lebanon probes two Houthi-affiliated TV sations operating from Beirut

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The Asharq Al-Awsat reported, Lebanese Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi requested that the General Security and Internal Security Forces probe two television stations affiliated with the Iran-backed Houthi militias in Yemen that are operating from Beirut.

He ordered the probe to determine from where the al-Masira and al-Sahat channels are being broadcast so that the necessary measures can be taken against them.

The Interior Ministry announced it had received a letter from Yemeni Foreign Minister Ahmed bin Awad bin Mubarak over how the Houthis were "carrying out hostile acts of incitement from within Lebanese territories" through those stations, which are operating without a license.

The Ministry said the channels "may impede official efforts to bolster Lebanese relations with Arab countries and undermine their sovereignty, international laws and the Arab League charter."

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Mawlawi also requested that the Information and Telecommunications Ministries probe the channels.

Source: aawsat

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