Al-Arab News Channel

Not to be confused with al-Arab, al Arab, or Al Arabiya.

Al-Arab News Channel
CountrySaudi Arabia
Broadcast areaArab World
Worldwide
HeadquartersManama, Bahrain
Programming
Language(s)Arabic
Ownership
Owneral-Waleed bin Talal
Sister channelsArab Today TV
Bahrain News Channel
Qatar News Television
History
Launched1 February 2015
Closed1 February 2015

Al-Arab (Arabic: العرب)[1] was a short-lived Arabic-language news channel which vowed to practice objective journalism.[2][3] It was launched on 1 February 2015[1] and almost immediately shut down.[2][3][4] The channel was owned by Saudi prince and entrepreneur Al-Waleed bin Talal, and was based in Manama, Bahrain.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference AlArab_suspended_20150202 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Hannon, Elliot (2 February 2015). "New Middle East News Network Launches Vowing Free Speech, Gets Shut Down After One Day". Slate.
  3. ^ a b Agencies (9 February 2015). "Bahrain suspends newly launched Alarab news channel: Gulf kingdom orders closure of pan-Arab news channel launched last week after it aired interview with government critic". Al Jazeera English.
  4. ^ "Alwaleed's new Arab TV channel goes dark". Financial Times. 2 February 2015.