Hezbollah – the Executive Council – the Entities Subject to the Communications Unit

*This article is part of a series of articles dealing with the structure of Hezbollah in general with the various councils and the executive council on its various civilian entities in particular (see the introduction here)

Al-Manar:

Hezbollah’s television mouthpiece. Founded in 1990. It has, of course, been under U.S. sanctions since 2006.

CEO: Ibrahim Farhat

Website: https://www.almanar.com.lb

Twitter: https://twitter.com/manar30years (frequently closed and re-opened)

Facebook: as of now- closed

Radio Al-Nour:

Hezbollah’s radio station. Founded in 1988, some of its broadcasts are shared with  Al-Manar.

CEO: Youssef al-Zein

Website: http://www.alnour.com.lb

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alnourradio

Facebook: as of now- closed

Note – Al-Manar and Al-Nour operate under the same company called the Lebanese Media Group (المجموعة اللبنانية للاعلام ش.م.ل).


Al-Ahed Newspaper:

Hezbollah’s newspaper. Founded in 1984. In recent years it transformed into an online news outlet only.

CEO: Mohammed Younes

Website: https://www.alahednews.com.lb

Twitter: https://twitter.com/lb_ahed

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alahednewsarabic (Probably the page got deleted)

Baqiatolah Magazine:

Founded in 1991. This monthly publication deals mainly with religious and cultural issues, glorifying Hezbollah’s martyrs, and various family issues.

CEO: Mr. Ali Abbas Al-Moussawi

Website: https://baqiatollah.net

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Baqiatollah

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/baqiatolah

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