Arrai TV () was an Arabic-language television station based in
Syria
Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...
. The channel was owned by
Misha'an al-Juburi. During the
Libyan Civil War in 2011, it was used by overseas Libyans to defend the
Gaddafi
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (20 October 2011) was a Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician and political theorist who ruled Libya from 1969 until his assassination by Libyan rebel forces in 2011. He came to power ...
government, denounce the anti-Gaddafi rebels and to keep morale up of those which had fled Libya since the war. The channel aired a number of audio messages from Gaddafi and his aides when they fled
Tripoli.
On 15 October 2011, Arrai TV posted a message mourning the death of
Khamis Gaddafi on 29 August.
[نعي لشهيد خاض معارك باسلة.... الشهيد خميس القذافي]
The channel closed on 4 December 2011.
References
External links
Clip of Arrai TV news report
2011 establishments in Syria
Television channels in Syria
Arabic-language television stations
Defunct television channels
Television channels and stations established in 2011
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2011
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