NDTV/Reuters: Iran Wages Media Onslaught Against Saudis Over Yemen War
Dubai: Cut off from Yemen and its allies there by a Saudi-led military campaign, Iran has intensified a media counter-offensive against Riyadh, accusing its regional rival of inflicting catastrophic suffering while presenting itself as a blameless peacemaker.
Iranian state media have given blanket coverage in Arabic, Farsi and English to the three-month-old war in Yemen, where Saudi Arabia and Sunni Arab allies have been bombing the Iranian-allied Houthi faction for over three months.
The violence has killed more than 2,800 people, displaced one million and left more than 21 million people or 80 per cent of the population in need of some form of humanitarian aid and or protection, the United Nations says.
WNU Editor: I see this war being waged on YouTube daily .... but of the two I would have to say that it is Iran that is the most effective in waging this media war. Iran is targeting the English audience, and they are overwhelming what videos are available (and current) on the Yemen war. I can only presume that Saudi Arabia is more focused on presenting their point of view to their own people and to the Arab world in general .... the West is not a priority .... so far. I predict this will change .... Western public opinion is important, and it would not surprise me if a shift in Saudi coverage will occur in the months to come.
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