Belqees TV
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| Country | Yemen |
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| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Tawakkol Karman |
| History | |
| Launched | 2014 |
| Links | |
| Website | belqees |
Belqees TV (Arabic:قناة بلقيس) is a Yemeni news channel owned by Tawakkol Karman. It was named Belqees after the Queen of Sheba. It was started with the help of Doha Centre for Media Freedom.[1][2] It started broadcasting in the Yemeni capital Sanaa in 2014, but moved to Istanbul after being attacked by the Houthis.[3][4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ "الموقع الرسمي لجريدة الشرق القطرية". archive.fo. 2012-03-09. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ "On freezing of Tawakkol Karman's membership". english.alarabiya.net. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ الملك, صنعاء ــ محمد عبد. "الحوثيون ينهبون قناة "بلقيس" بعد احتلالها". alaraby (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-07-30.
- ^ "قناة بلقيس اليمنية تستأنف بثها خارج البلاد". www.aljazeera.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2019-07-20.
- ^ 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 2019-07-20.
- ^ "Istanbul: A Turkish haven for Arab journalists". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2019-07-20.