A Saudi Arabian-owned television channel that was pulled from screens hours after its launch last year is to re-launch in Qatar, according to local reports.
Saudi billionaire Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal is said to be launching the satellite channel Al Arab from Doha, Qatar, a year after it was allegedly banned for featuring a member of Bahrain’s political opposition.
Bin Talal has reportedly signed an agreement with the Qatari government and Al-Arab will be relaunched in the third quarter of this year.
The businessman first launched the 24-hour, pan-Arab news channel in February 2015.
However, within hours the news programme suddenly cut to a commercial break after the B
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