Al-Manar
Al-Manar (Arabic: المنار, romanized: al-Manār, lit. 'The Lighthouse') is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the Iranian-backed political party Hezbollah,broadcasting from Beirut, Lebanon.
The channel was launched on 4 June 1991 and it is a member of the Arab States Broadcasting Union.
The network airs various programs and propaganda devoted to Hezbollah.
Al-Manar was designated as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity", and banned by the United States on 17 December 2004.
It has also been banned by France, Spain, and Germany and has run into some service and license problems outside Lebanon,making it unavailable in the Netherlands, Canada, and Australia,while it has not officially been banned in any of these regions.