Live from Qusair

byHabib Battah
May 28, 2013
1 minute read

Hezbollah’s Al Manar TV is probably one of the few channels to have a live shot in Qusair, the embattled Syrian town where Hezbollah fighters have been deployed.

Hezbollah TV has also boosted its propaganda output, airing a piece that demonizes MP Khaled Daher, a staunch supporter of Syrian rebels–for waging an alleged war against the Lebanese army.

Habib Battah

Habib Battah is an investigative journalist and founder of the news site beirutreport.com. Battah has covered Lebanon and the Middle East for over 15 years and teaches journalism and media studies at the American University of Beirut. He is a contributor to Monocle, The Guardian, BBC World, Al Jazeera and others, a former fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University and two-time recipient of the Samir Kassir Press Freedom Award. Battah's investigative work was recently recognized for outstanding local reporting by the Columbia University Oakes Award for Environmental Reporting. Battah earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.A. in Near East Studies and Journalism from New York University.