Mareb Press
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| Type | Online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Language | Arabic |
| Country | Yemen |
| Website | marebpress |
Mareb Press[a] is a Yemeni online newspaper.
Mareb Press was officially launched in early 2006.[1] Based in Marib,[2] it claims to have been the first newspaper in Yemen to be operated outside of the capital of Sanaa.[1]
A report by the RAND Corporation mentions Mareb Press as among the highest-quality independent sources in Yemen covering the Houthi insurgency.[3] Mareb Press covered the Yemeni revolution in support of the opposition against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.[4] In the aftermath of the revolution, independent media organizations suppressed by the Saleh regime, including Mareb Press, were allowed greater freedom.[5] Mareb Press launched a printed daily newspaper version in 2012 and moved its headquarters to Sanaa.[1]
After their capture of Sanaa and subsequent takeover of Yemen, the Houthis cracked down on independent media. On 26 March 2015, just as the Saudi Arabia-led coalition launched its intervention in the civil war, internet provider YemenNet, which was taken over by the Houthis, blocked access to the Mareb Press website among other independent media outlets in Houthi-controlled Yemen.[6][7] A report by Citizen Lab found that Mareb Press was also blocked in Iran, the main backers of the Houthis. It remains a major news outlet in Yemen.[8]