Media Analysis on Yemeni Affairs – July 29, 2024

The news monitoring covered the current events on the Yemeni arena for the period (20 July – 26 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 (20 July – 26 July). The monitoring covered 50 media outlets and 165 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 165 news articles. Where the political side received 80 news articles, 48%. The humanitarian side received 11 news articles, 7%. The military side was covered with 61 articles, a rate of 37%. 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 (20 July – 26 July). The monitoring covered 44 media outlets and 118 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 118 news articles. Where the political side received 52 articles, at a rate of 44%. The humanitarian framework received 13 articles, or 11%. As for the military framework, it received 27 articles, or 23%. Then the rest of the frames come as shown in the table below.

Table (4)

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• Local Media

During the period (20 July – 26 July), local media were searched in 32 media outlets, and 219 news articles were monitored, as shown in Table (5).

Table (5)

The local media covered the events on the Yemeni arena, and 219 articles were monitored in various aspects during the period (20 July – 26 July), the political side monitored 90 articles, with a percentage of 41%. As for the military side, it received less media attention than the political side. 62 articles were monitored on the military side with a percentage of 28%. As for the humanitarian side, 14 articles were monitored, with a percentage of 6%. 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 announcement by the UN envoy to Yemen on Tuesday regarding the agreement reached between the Yemeni government, based in Aden, and the “Ansar Allah” (Houthis) to de-escalate tensions in the banking sector and Yemenia Airlines. As for the humanitarian aspect, it witnessed widespread coverage due to the worsening humanitarian crisis, as a boat carrying at least 45 refugees capsized off the coast of Taiz, Yemen, on Wednesday night, with only four survivors, according to what the United Nations Refugee Agency reported in Yemen on Thursday. The military aspect also witnessed broader media coverage than in previous weeks, as the military media covered, the “Ansar Allah” (Houthis) announcing their responsibility for a drone attack targeting Tel Aviv on Friday, resulting in one death and several injuries. In response to this attack, Israel reported that its fighter jets bombed sites belonging to the Ansarullah group in the Hodeidah port area in Yemen on Saturday.