The news monitoring covered the current events on the Yemeni arena for the period (17 August – 23 August) 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 (17 August – 23 August). The monitoring covered 47 media outlets and 112 news articles, as shown in Table (1).

Types of media outletsNo. of media outletsNo. of stories
International agencies1349
International newspapers627
International channels1318
International websites1518
Total47112

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 112 news articles. Where the political side received 21 news articles, 19%. The humanitarian side received 25 news articles, 22%. The military side was covered with 40 articles, a rate of 36%. Then the rest of the frames come as shown in the table below.

DaysPoliticalHumanitarianMilitaryEconomicalSecurityHealthSocialEnvironmental
Sat.61324000
Sun.41203000
Mon.16001020
Tues.35401000
Wed.37000306
Thurs.121300000
Fri.331800004
Total212540293210

Table (2)

Graph (1)

  1. Arab media

News monitoring for Arab media was carried out during the period (17 August – 23 August). The monitoring covered 45 media outlets and 145 news articles, as shown in Table (3).

Types of media outletsNo. of media outletsNo. of stories
London-based newspapers752
Arabic newspapers1740
Arabic channels1130
Arabic websites1023
Total45145

Table (3)

The Arab media covered the Yemeni issue extensively this week. The number of articles that were monitored during this week reached 145 news articles. Where the political side received 26 articles, at a rate of 18%. The humanitarian framework received 36 articles, or 25%. As for the military framework, it received 25 articles, or 17%. Then the rest of the frames come as shown in the table below.

DaysPoliticalHumanitarianMilitaryEconomicalSecurityHealthSocialEnvironmentalCulturalEducational
Sat.6310200000
Sun.2320711300
Mon.3800313301
Tues.5833321000
Wed.4801200620
Thurs.2671110200
Fri.40122120300
Total263625719751721

Table (4)

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  • Local Media

During the period (17 August – 23 August), local media were searched in 32 media outlets, and 205 news articles were monitored, as shown in Table (5).

Media Outlet TypeNo of Media OutletsNo of Stories
News Agencies418
Yemeni TV Nets664
Yemeni Media Newspapers758
Yemeni Media Websites1565
Total32205

Table (5)

The local media covered the events on the Yemeni arena, and 205 articles were monitored in various aspects during the period (17 August – 23 August), the political side monitored 51 articles, with a percentage of 25%. As for the military side, it received less media attention than the political side. 49 articles were monitored on the military side with a percentage of 24%. As for the humanitarian side, 40 articles were monitored, with a percentage of 20%. The rest of the frames are as shown in the table and graph as follows:

DaysPoliticalHumanitarianMilitaryEconomicalSecurityHealthSocialEnvironmentalHistoricalCulturalEducational
Sat.154628030000
Sun.163714000000
Mon.38116116003
Tues.46632110000
Wed.49211304010
Thurs.36723003100
Fri.642000003000
Total51404910245516113

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 highlighted the Yemeni “Ansar Allah” group’s confirmation on Sunday that any agreement that might result from the negotiations between the “Hamas” movement and Israel to cease fire in the Gaza Strip will not prevent a military response to the bombing of the port of Hodeidah. The humanitarian aspect witnessed widespread coverage due to the worsening humanitarian crisis, as a comprehensive report released on Sunday by the United Nations (UN) unveiled a severe escalation in acute malnutrition rates among children under five in areas controlled by the “internationally recognized” government of Yemen. The military aspect also witnessed broader media coverage than in previous weeks, as the leader of the Ansar Allah group (Houthis), Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, said on Thursday that the group had carried out 21 military operations over the past week using ballistic and cruise missiles, drones, and naval vessels. Earlier, Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion traveling through the Red Sea came under repeated attack Wednesday, leaving the vessel “not under command” and drifting ablaze after an assault suspected to have been carried out by Yemen’s Ansarullah group (Houthis), the British military said.