Al-Nour ( ar, النور; ''The

Light Light or visible light is electromagnetic radiation that can be perceived by the human eye. Visible light is usually defined as having wavelengths in the range of 400–700 nanometres (nm), corresponding to frequencies of 750–420 te ...

'') is a radio station based in

Beirut Beirut, french: Beyrouth is the capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, which makes it the third-largest city in the Levant region. The city is situated on a peninsula at the midpoint o ...

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

. The station was established on 9 May 1988 and is owned by Hezbollah. In July 2006, during the 2006 Lebanon War, Israel attacked Hezbollah's

TV station A television station is a set of equipment managed by a business, organisation or other entity, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits video content and audio content via radio waves directly from a transmitter on the earth ...

Al-Manar Al-Manar ( ar, المنار, ''al-Manār'', lit='' The Lighthouse'') is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the political party Hezbollah,

and

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radi ...

Al-Nour in

Haret Hreik Haret Hreik ( ar, حارة حريك) is a mixed Shia and Maronite Christian municipality, in the Dahieh suburbs, south of Beirut, Lebanon. It is part of the Baabda District. Once an agricultural village, Haret Hreik lost its rural identity due to ...

Objectives

Al Nour has stated its objectives as: #Introducing culture as well as values that stem from divine messengers and to protect the origins of

Lebanese culture The culture of Lebanon and the Lebanese people emerged from various civilizations over thousands of years. It was home to the Phoenicians and was subsequently conquered and occupied by the Assyrians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Persians, ...

. #To protect their national interests by exposing major issues that threaten its interest such as facing the plans of Zionist imperialism. #To arouse the nation and steering its capabilities towards the support of the resistance in order to liberate their land. #Building a conscious generation by looking into the problems of the young and protecting them by building their intellect. #Looking into the problems of all righteous nations. #Working objectively as a media that will establish an effective and productive public opinion. #Contributing in order to socially develop awareness in the fields of

politics Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that stud ...

economy An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with the ...

, environment,

health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

and

science Science is a systematic endeavor that Scientific method, builds and organizes knowledge in the form of Testability, testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earli ...

Terrorism Designation

Al-Nour is designated by the US OFAC as a

Specially Designated Global Terrorist A Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) is a person or entity that has been designated as such by the United States Department of State or the US Department of the Treasury. An SDGT designation is made under authority of US Executive Order ...

group, which allows the US to block the assets of foreign individuals and entities that commit, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism.Specially Designated Global Terrorist list

References

External links

Al-Nour official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nour, Al 1988 establishments in Lebanon Radio stations in Lebanon Arabic-language radio stations Organizations based in Asia designated as terrorist Mass media in Beirut Radio stations established in 1988 Hezbollah propaganda organizations

Objectives

Terrorism Designation

See also

References

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