Media Analysis on Yemeni Affairs – July 15, 2024

The news monitoring covered the current events on the Yemeni arena for the period (6 July – 12 July) 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 (6 July – 12 July). The monitoring covered 53 media outlets and 129 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 129 news articles. Where the political side received 30 news articles, 23%. The humanitarian side received 11 news articles, 9%. The military side was covered with 78 articles, a rate of 60%. 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 (6 July – 12 July). The monitoring covered 42 media outlets and 120 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 120 news articles. Where the political side received 27 articles, at a rate of 23%. The humanitarian framework received 18 articles, or 15%. As for the military framework, it received 45 articles, or 38%. Then the rest of the frames come as shown in the table below.

Table (4)

(2) Graph

• Local Media

During the period (6 July – 12 July), local media were searched in 32 media outlets, and 224 news articles were monitored, as shown in Table (5).

Table (5)

The local media covered the events on the Yemeni arena, and 224 articles were monitored in various aspects during the period (6 July – 12 July), the political side monitored 74 articles, with a percentage of 33%. As for the military side, it received less media attention than the political side. 67 articles were monitored on the military side with a percentage of 30%. As for the humanitarian side, 23 articles were monitored, with a percentage of 10%. 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 The United Nations announcing the conclusion of negotiations in Muscat between the Yemeni Aden-based government and the Ansarullah group, with an agreement to hold a follow-up meeting to finalize the exchange of names of prisoners and detainees and arrangements for the release of politician Muhammad Qahtan.  As for the humanitarian aspect, it witnessed widespread coverage due to the worsening humanitarian crisis, as the World Food Program (WFP) announced a limited resumption of aid distribution in areas controlled by the Ansarullah group after a six-month hiatus due to “disagreements with the group”. The military aspect also witnessed broader media coverage than in previous weeks, as the military media covered, the Yemeni Ansarullah group announcing the execution of three military operations targeting two ships, one American and one Israeli, and another belonging to the Maersk company. The group also announced on Thursday that they had targeted 166 ships linked to Israel, the United States, and Britain since the start of their operations “in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip” last November.

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