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Al-Manar

Al-Manar began its terrestrial broadcasting in 1991 and broadcasting via satellite in 2000. Al-Manar was founded in 1991 and is fully affiliated with Hezbollah, and calls itself the Station of the Resistance. It is part of the Lebanese Communication Group, which also includes Al-Nour Radio. The programming is strongly anti-Israel and anti-US.

Al-Manar was licensed pursuant to Decree No. 13476 of November 5, 1998. It started satellite broadcasting in 2000 and unified terrestrial and satellite broadcasts in 2014.

During the July 2006 war between Lebanon and Israel, Israeli warplanes struck the channel’s headquarters in Beirut’s southern suburb. Broadcasts were cut off for only a few minutes then resumed.

On December 4, 2015, Arabsat (an Arab-league affiliated satellite operator headquartered in the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) blocked the broadcast of Al-Manar channel via its satellites, accusing it of violating the operators’ charter of honor.

The TV station’s General Manager is Ibrahim Farhat; its news director is Ali Hayek and the program director is Mohammad Sherri.

Key facts

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Ownership Type

Private - Lebanese Joint Stock Company

Geographic Coverage

National

Content Type

Free content

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Media Companies / Groups

Lebanese Communication Group L.C.G. SAL

Ownership

Ownership Structure

Al-Manar presents itself as Hezbollah's television station. It is part of the Lebanese Communication Group L.C.G SAL, whose board only includes high-ranking Hezbollah officials, including two former Members of Parliament Abdallah Kassir and Mohammad Haidar as well as incumbent MP Mohamad Hassan Raad, who leads the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc. Shareholders also include: Sultan Khalife Asaad (9.705%), Youssef Ismail El-Zein (8.529%), Ahmad Hadi Mazboudi (7.117%), Abdel-Jalil Al-Koushaymi (6%), Ahmad Toufic El Zein (5.294%), Kamal Elias Haddad (5%), Ibrahim Farhat (6.88%), Ali Mohamad Daher (4.235%), Abbas Mohamad Mouzannar (4.176%), Mohammad Hassan Mohsen (2.941%), Elias Salim Nasrallah (2.941%), Naji Ghanem (2.941%), Member of Parliament Amin Sherri (2.941%), Ahmad El Berdan (2.647%), Mohamad Afif Ahmad (2.352%), Member of Parliament Hassan Fadlallah (2.352%), and Nasser Akhdar (2.352%).

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Individual Owner

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General Information

Founding Year

1991

Affiliated Interests Founder

Hezbollah

Affiliated Interests Ceo

Ibrahim Farhat

General Manager

Affiliated Interests Editor-In-Chief

Ali Hayek

News Director

Affiliated Interests other important people

Mohamad Sherri

Program Director

Contact

Phone: +961 (1) 276000

Email: info@almanar.com.lb

Website: www.almanar.com.lb

Financial Information

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Further Information

Headlines

Chidiac, M. (2014). La television mise à nu. L'Orient des Livres. (Available in French only).

Meta Data

2024 audience share for all outlets is based on data provided by ELKA. Cumulative amounts are used to assess the audience share indicator. 2024 and 2021 data on shareholder fractions, company information, revenue, and management are acquired by the collaborative investigative efforts of SEEDS for Legal Initiatives and the Samir Kassir Foundation. Audience share data is unavailable for online outlets.

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