Syria TV (Turkey)

Syria TV
Syria TV Logo
TypeBroadcasting news, speech, discussions
Country Qatar
Broadcast areaMENA
HeadquartersTurkey Istanbul, Turkey[1]
Programming
Language(s)Arabic
Picture formatHDTV
Ownership
OwnerFadaat Media
Sister channels
History
LaunchedMarch 2018
Links
Websitewww.syria.tv

Syria TV (Arabic: تلفزيون سوريا, transliterated: Televizyon Surya) is a pro-opposition Syrian television network launched in March 2018 in Istanbul.[2][3] It broadcasts a variety of programs and news shows in Arabic, covering society, politics, entertainment and culture. The channel's headquarters are currently in Istanbul. Syria TV is part of the Qatari pro-Muslim Brotherhood Fadaat Media network,[4] of which Qatari sponsored The New Arab and Al Araby TV[5] are also a members.[6]

Syria TV, according to the station's profile,[7] aims at "bridging the spaces and gaps between the members of the Syrian nation.", by trying to reflect the conditions Syrians encounter, both inside Syria and abroad. The channel is said to being funded by Syrian and Arab businessmen.[8]

The current CEO of the channel is Hamzah Al-Mustafa.[9][10]

  1. ^ "Syria media guide". BBC. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Turkey-based Syria TV reaches out to region – Turkey News". Hürriyet Daily News. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  3. ^ Hubbard, Ben (2019-04-14). "Arab Exiles Sound Off Freely in Istanbul Even as Turkey Muffles Its Own Critics". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-08-05.
  4. ^ "Syrian TV Limited – Company Profile – Endole". suite.endole.co.uk.
  5. ^ Kilani, Feras (2014-11-28). "Qatar's Al-Araby Al-Jadeed: Will new media venture silence suspicions?". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-06-26.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "عن تلفزيون سوريا". تلفزيون سوريا. 12 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Syria TV bursts onto screens 'for all Syrians except the killers'". alaraby. 21 March 2018.
  9. ^ Hamza.Ettarbaoui. "تعيين مدير عام جديد لـ"تلفزيون سوريا"". alaraby.co.uk (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  10. ^ "تعيين مدير عام جديد لتلفزيون سوريا". تلفزيون سوريا (in Arabic). 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2022-05-24.