Al-Masdar Online
Al-Masdar Online is an independent Yemeni news website that grew out of the weekly Al-Masdar newspaper, founded in 2007, with the online edition launched in 2009. Repeatedly targeted by both government and Houthi authorities — its Sanaa offices were raided in 2015 and its editor works from exile — it is regarded as one of Yemen's most balanced news sources.
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Is Al-Masdar Online left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Crosswire lists Al-Masdar Online as Center within Yemen's media spectrum — the grouping it uses both for genuinely centrist titles and for outlets the major media-bias assessments do not place consistently on one side.
Read Al-Masdar Online beside another title from Yemen and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Digital-native outlets reorder their front pages continuously in response to reader behaviour, so Al-Masdar Online may look different an hour from now — reload it alongside a print-cycle title and you can see which stories have staying power and which are traffic spikes. Because Al-Masdar Online is listed near the centre, it works best as the fixed point in a comparison — put a left- and a right-leaning title from Yemen either side of it and the direction each one pulls becomes measurable rather than impressionistic.
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