Iraq revokes licence of Saudi Arabia’s MBC channel

Iraq’s Communications and Media Commission has revoked the licence of the Saudi channel MBC after it referred to Hamas as “terrorists”.

On Saturday, the Board of Commissioners for the Iraqi Communications and Media Commission approved the cancellation of the Saudi MBC channel’s license and instructed its operations to be suspended in Iraq.

This came after a report aired by the channel labeled Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Iraqi resistance factions “terrorists”. Angry protesters stormed the channel’s offices in Baghdad, vandalised its contents and set it on fire following the report.