Al-Masdar News
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Type of site | News and opinion |
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Available in | English, Arabic, Turkish, Spanish, Russian, German, Serbo-Croatian |
Area served | the Arab world |
Editor | Leith Abou Fadel |
URL | www |
Advertising | Yes |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | August 2014 |
Current status | inactive |
Al-Masdar News (sometimes abbreviated AMN) (
Background
Al-Masdar News (AMN) was launched in August 2014 as a media service that provides frontline news and analysis from the Middle East.[4]
Position
The website was described by the BBC and Newsweek as having a pro-Syrian government viewpoint,[5][6] while The Independent describes it as "sympathetic to the Syrian regime".[7] The New York Times has described it as a "pro-government website".[8] Leonid Bertshidsky writing in Bloomberg News, also calls Al-Masdar "somewhat pro-Assad."[9] The National Interest describes it as "pro-Assad".[10] The Jerusalem Post describes it as "generally supportive of the Syrian regime".[11] The New Statesman calls it a "regime-supporting outlet".[12]
Notable reports, fake news and disinformation
In 2015, The New York Times accused Fadel of spreading
Following the April 2017 Khan Shaykhun chemical attack in the Idlib Governorate, al-Masdar News published an opinion article by deputy editor Paul Antonopoulos entitled "Jumping to conclusions; something is not adding up in Idlib chemical weapons attack".[13][14]
A report by the
After Antonopoulos was shown to be active on the
A 2018 report by the Alliance for Securing Democracy, based on analysis of its "Hamilton 68" database of Russian disinformation Twitter accounts, showed that Al-Masdar is a main source of Syria-related propaganda for Russian accounts aimed at US audiences.[24]
References
- ^ "Contributors & Staff: Editorial Team". Al Masdar News. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Al-Masdar: The Source for Arabic Teaching and Learning". ISKME.org. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Official website". Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Al-Masdar News - About". Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
- ^ "Syria conflict: 'Israeli jets' strike outside Damascus". BBC. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ O'Connor, Tom (17 March 2017). "Syria at War: As U.S. Bombs Rebels, Russia Strikes ISIS and Israel Targets Assad". Newsweek. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ McKernan, Bethan (2 February 2017). "Syrian army creates unit just for women after so many sign up to fight Isis". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017.
- ^ a b Mackey, Robert; Saad, Hwaida (23 September 2015). "Syrian Refugee Tripped in Hungary Fights Unfounded Accusations of Extremist Ties". New York Times. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ Bertshidsky, Leonid (7 April 2017). "Trump Squeezes Putin in Syria. Don't Assume That's Good". Bloomberg.com.
- ^ Roblin, Sebastien (3 June 2019). "Israeli F-16s Wiped Out a Syrian Missile Complex (Russia Didn't Fire Back)". The National Interest. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Frantzman, Seth J. (24 April 2019). "Rumors seek to drive U.S. and Iran into conflict in eastern Syria". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Sabbour, Omar (18 January 2019). "How the Assad regime has exploited "evacuation deals" to redirect Isis against the rebels". Britain's Current Affairs & Politics Magazine. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Antonopoulos, Paul. Jumping to conclusions; something is not adding up in Idlib chemical weapons attack. Al-Masdar News. 2017-04-04.
- ^ "Media war over Syria". ABC Media Watch. 10 October 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Nimmo, Ben; Barojan, Donara (7 April 2017). "How the alt-right brought #SyriaHoax to America". Medium.com. Atlantic Council.
- ^ Monbiot, George (15 November 2017). "A lesson from Syria: it's crucial not to fuel far-right conspiracy theories". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Report Traces How The "Alt-Right" Spread Pro-Assad Propaganda". Media Matters for America. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees (5 May 2017). "Chomsky and the Syria revisionists: Regime whitewashing". alaraby. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ a b Bertrand, Natasha (8 April 2017). "From Al-Masdar to InfoWars: How a pro-Assad conspiracy theory got picked up by the far-right". Business Insider UK.
- ^ Jennine Khalik (2 May 2017). "Journalist Paul Antonopoulos outed for racist slurs". The Australian. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Paul Antonopoulos forced out - Media Watch". Media Watch. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Al-Masdar News. 3 May 2017. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 1 December 2016.
- ^ "Board of Directors Statement – April 28th, 2017". Al-Masdar News. 28 April 2017.
- ^ Denise Clifton (9 November 2018). "Deep Inside a Pro-Putin Network That's Helping Trump Divide America". Mother Jones. Retrieved 18 September 2019.