Al Masdar News
| Online newspaper whichfocused largely on conflict zones in the Middle East: Syria, Yemen, and Iraq.Attacked by the Us "national security" deep state. As of 2023, it appears to be inactive. |
Started: August 2014
Ended: 2021?
Main focus: Middle East
Al Masdar News (Arabic: المصدر نيوز) was an online newspaper founded by Leith Abou Fadel.[1] Al-Masdar is Arabic for "the source". Al-Masdar's coverage focused largely on conflict zones in the Middle East: Syria, Yemen, and Iraq. It was attacked by the Us "national security" deep state for opposing the 2011 proxy war against Syria.
As of 2023, it appears to be inactive.
In the crosshairs of the deep state
The newspaper was targeted by the deep state Atlantic Council's "Digital Forensic Research Lab"[2][3] and the equally deep state "Alliance for Securing Democracy",[4]
Corporate media
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]
Paul Antonopoulos
After contributor Paul Antonopoulos was shown to be active on the neo-Nazi site Stormfront, he was forced to resign from Al-Masdar on 28 April 2017.[13][14] Al-Masdar issued a statement on behalf of its board of directors,[15] saying they found his behaviour "wholly unacceptable" and strongly condemned it, while also apologizing to its readers and all those offended by his actions.[16]
Inactive
The website has been offline for several hours or even days several times due to hacker attacks. As of 2023, it appears to be inactive.
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190524072246/https://www.almasdarnews.com/contributors/
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-38155933
- ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/syria-war-us-rebels-russia-isis-israel-569812
- ↑ https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/11/russian-trolls-putin-trump-twitter-hamilton/
- ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-3815593
- ↑ http://www.newsweek.com/syria-war-us-rebels-russia-isis-israel-569812
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20170202123808/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syrian-army-creates-womens-unit-fighting-isis-islamic-state-bashar-al-assad-regime-terror-group-a7558896.html
- ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/world/europe/syrian-refugee-tripped-in-hungary-denies-extremist-ties.html
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-07/trump-s-squeezes-putin-in-syria-that-s-risky
- ↑ https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/israeli-f-16s-wiped-out-syrian-missile-complex-russia-didn%E2%80%99t-fire-back-60732
- ↑ https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Rumors-seek-to-drive-US-and-Iran-into-conflict-in-eastern-Syria-587729
- ↑ https://www.newstatesman.com/world/middle-east/2019/01/how-assad-regime-has-exploited-evacuation-deals-redirect-isis-against-0
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/journalist-paul-antonopoulos-outed-for-racist-slurs/news-story/705cf62a502c41cf515a013ebe60d8a9
- ↑ https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/paul-antonopoulos-forced-out/9972694
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20190524072246/https://www.almasdarnews.com/contributors/#board-of-directors
- ↑ https://www.almasdarnews.com/board-directors-statement-april-28th-2017/