Richard Medhurst
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Richard Medhurst | |
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| Born | Richard Thomas Medhurst 20 August 1992 |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Subscribers | 358 thousand |
| Views | 58 million |
| Last updated: 15 December 2025 | |
Richard Thomas[1] Medhurst (born 20 August[2] 1992)[3] is a British independent journalist.[4][5][6] commenting largely on the Middle East, Medhurst was "the first reporter arrested and under investigation under Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000".[7]
Richard Medhurst was born in Damascus, Syria, on 20 August 1992 to a Syrian mother and a British father. Both of his parents served as United Nations Peacekeepers, partaking in missions in Angola, Lebanon, Syria, India, and Kashmir. His father, Paul Medhurst, is a doctor of political science, published author[8] and a retired professor who formerly taught at American Military University.[9] He has stated that due to his parents' work, he was moved around often and that his entire secondary school education was completed in French.[3]
Career
In 2006, Medhurst created his eponymous YouTube channel. Since 2019, he has uploaded videos covering a myriad of topics, initially centring mostly on United States politics but later shifting to international affairs, with a particular focus on the Middle East and Muslim world as a whole. In 2022, he received the Silver Playbutton after reaching 100k subscribers on the platform.[10] Medhurst has been demonetised on two different occasions, once in July 2020 with the website citing reused content and again in October 2023 in the early stages of the Gaza war for claimed non-compliance with the site's Partner Programme Policies. In both instances, Medhurst denounced YouTube's actions, claiming discrimination and the unjust theft of his primary source of income based on his unfavourable coverage of Israel. Following his latest demonetisation, Medhurst moved much of his coverage to Rumble, remaining on YouTube only to discuss topics he is not concerned will garner retaliation from the platform.[11][12] YouTube has not commented on the matter publicly.
Outside of YouTube, Medhurst has written for multiple outlets including Al Mayadeen, The New Arab[13] and RT. He has appeared on Al Jazeera,[14] FOX News[15] and LBC.[1] From 2020 to 2022, Medhurst hosted his own show The Communiqué with Richard Medhurst on PressTV.[16]
Medhurst has covered Western foreign policy on the Middle East and has spoken out against Israel's actions in the Gaza war. The International Federation of Journalists described Medhurst as pro-Palestine.[17]
Medhurst has been described by critics[who?] as pro-Russian and pro-Assad. He criticized Rashida Tlaib for condemning Bashar Al-Assad's actions in the Syrian civil war, and "welcomed" the official Syrian government statement that Assad had won the 2021 Syrian presidential election, which was considered illegitimate by the international community.[17]
