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Iraq to revoke licence of Saudi broadcaster MBC, after Hamas broadcast


Issue 1193 - 24 Oct 2024 | 3 minute read

Saudi government-owned broadcaster MBC has found itself in hot water, after running a report which described recently-killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a ‘new face of terrorism’. Media regulators in Saudi Arabia are looking into the matter, while the authorities in Baghdad have shut down its local office and started the process of revoking its licence.

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