Al-Thawra (Yemen)

This article is about Yemeni newspaper. For Syrian daily newspaper, see Al-Thawra (newspaper).

Al-Thawra
الثورة

Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Government of Yemen (100%) (prior 2015) Houthis (100%) (as of 2015)
Publisher	Al-Thawra Press & Publishing
Founded	29 September 1962; 62 years ago (1962-09-29)
Political alignment	Pro-Houthi
Language	Arabic
Headquarters	Sana'a, Yemen
Website	althawrah.ye

Al-Thawra (Arabic: الثورة The Revolution) is a Yemeni newspaper. It was founded on 29 September 1962,[1] and celebrated its golden jubilee in 2012.[2]

The paper was founded by the Yemen Arab Republic government entity the Saba General Organization for Press alongside Al-Jumhuryah newspaper. Al-Thawra is based in Sana'a and had a pro-government stance.[1] After the Houthi takeover in Yemen in 2015, the Houthi's captured Al-Thawra and turned it into a pro-Houthi outlet circulated only in the north of Yemen.[3]

See also

• Al-Jumhuryah
• List of newspapers in Yemen

References

1. William A. Rugh (2004). Arab Mass Media: Newspapers, Radio, and Television in Arab Politics. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-275-98212-6. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
2. الثورة تحتفي بيوبيلها الذهبي Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic; "Al-thawra celebrates its golden jubilee"). Al Thawra, 28 September 2012.
3. Nasser, Afrah (3 May 2017). "The Yemen War, Media, and Propaganda". theatlanticcouncil.org.