Media Analysis on Yemeni Affairs – June 24, 2024

The news monitoring covered the current events on the Yemeni arena for the period (15 June – 21 June) in the international, Arab and local media. The media witnessed great coverage of various events, especially in the political, humanitarian, and military sides.

The media coverage of the international, Arab and local media of the Yemeni issue will be highlighted by explaining the complete frames that have been addressed and providing the numbers and statistical data for what has been monitored.

1. International media:

News monitoring for international media was carried out during the period (15 June – 21 June). The monitoring covered 59 media outlets and 144 news articles, as shown in Table (1).

Table (1)

The international media covered the Yemeni issue in a large way this week, with great emphasis on the political and humanitarian aspects, and the military aspect in particular. The number of articles that were monitored in the international media reached 144 news articles. Where the political side received 34 news articles, 24%. The humanitarian side received 6 news articles, 4%. The military side was covered with 97 articles, a rate of 67%. Then the rest of the frames come as shown in the table below.

Table (2)

Graph (1)

1. Arab media

News monitoring for Arab media was carried out during the period (15 June – 21 June). The monitoring covered 37 media outlets and 140 news articles, as shown in Table (3).

Table (3)

The Arab media covered the Yemeni issue extensively this week. The number of articles that were monitored during this week reached 140 news articles. Where the political side received 36 articles, at a rate of 26%. The humanitarian framework received 13 articles, or 9%. As for the military framework, it received 67 articles, or 48%. Then the rest of the frames come as shown in the table below.

Table (4)

(2) Graph

• Local Media

During the period (15 June – 21 June), local media were searched in 32 media outlets, and 255 news articles were monitored, as shown in Table (5).

Table (5)

The local media covered the events on the Yemeni arena, and 255 articles were monitored in various aspects during the period (15 June – 21 June), the political side monitored 88 articles, with a percentage of 35%. As for the military side, it received less media attention than the political side. 103 articles were monitored on the military side with a percentage of 40%. As for the humanitarian side, 10 articles were monitored, with a percentage of 4%. The rest of the frames are as shown in the table and graph as follows:

Table (6)

Graph (3)

Media Analysis

International, Arab, and local media covered the Yemeni file in all its political, humanitarian, military, economic, etc. aspects. The political media covered a statement issued by the political bureau of the Yemeni Ansarullah group, in which the group affirmed that halting their military operations in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden is contingent on ending the “aggression” and the Israeli blockade imposed on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. As for the humanitarian aspect, it witnessed widespread coverage due to the worsening humanitarian crisis. The military aspect also witnessed broader media coverage than in previous weeks, as the military media covered, reports that the Greek-owned Tutor, a coal carrier, has sunk in the Red Sea a week after it came under attack from Yemen’s Ansarullah group. The leader of the “Ansar Allah” group, Abdulmalik al-Houthi, announcing that Yemen was subjected to 24 US-British raids this week, but they were “without effect”. Yemen’s “Ansar Allah” group announcing that its forces targeted 153 ships linked to Israel, the United States, and Britain since the start of the “Gaza Support Operations” last November.

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