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Reuters says Beijing carried Riyadh's message to Tehran; Shargh says Islamabad did

Four reports say China privately asked Iran to rein in Yemen's Houthis, all resting on the same three unnamed Iranian sources. Two reports in Tehran name Pakistan instead, one of them quoting a minister on the record. No report names both capitals.

Beijing pushes Tehran to help stop Houthi attacks following appeal from Saudis, Iranian sources say
Beijing pushes Tehran to help stop Houthi attacks following appeal from Saudis, Iranian sources say as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
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The account. Reuters, carried by Al-Monitor, reports that "China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia," citing "three Iranian sources familiar with the matter." An-Nahar carries the same reporting in Arabic. Ynet and The Jerusalem Post summarise it.

The other capital. Shargh, in Tehran, tells it as a Pakistani story: army chief Asim Munir asked Tehran in a Wednesday phone call to use "its influence" over the Yemeni group, and Pakistan's defence minister says his government passed Saudi Arabia's message on Yemen to Iran.

Report Messenger Sourced to
Al-Monitor (Reuters) China three Iranian sources
An-Nahar China the same three, who would not say how
The Jerusalem Post China two Iranian sources: Beijing was "only one of many considerations"
Ynet China, and Oman too Reuters; for Oman, a network it ties to Hezbollah
Shargh, twice Pakistan Pakistani officials, then the minister on the record

One word apart. Ynet writes of "the takeover of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait." Al-Monitor's full text of the same Reuters report says the Houthis made rapid advances along the Red Sea coast and around the strait. An-Nahar says advances too, not control.

Not settled. Whether these are one message or two: no report names both capitals. Whether anything was passed during Abbas Araghchi's visit to China on Wednesday — An-Nahar says its sources would not say. No Chinese, Iranian, Saudi or Houthi official is quoted anywhere we hold.

This is a story about who Saudi Arabia thinks can get Iran to call off an armed group in Yemen.

How it got here. Yemen's Houthi movement, which calls itself Ansarullah, seized the capital Sanaa in 2014. A Saudi-led military coalition intervened in March 2015, and the war that followed has never formally ended; a UN-brokered truce in April 2022 slowed it without settling it. Since the Gaza war that began after the attacks of 7 October 2023, the Houthis have attacked ships in the Red Sea, saying they act in support of Palestinians, and many shipping lines rerouted around Africa. Saudi Arabia and Iran, on opposite sides in Yemen, restored diplomatic relations in March 2023 under an agreement brokered by China — which is why Beijing is a plausible messenger at all. China is the largest buyer of Iranian oil. Pakistan has a long-standing military relationship with Saudi Arabia.

The place in the headline. Bab el-Mandeb is the strait between Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Everything sailing between the Indian Ocean and the Suez Canal passes through it, Saudi oil included.

What is at stake. If Tehran leans on the group and the attacks stop, a long argument about how much control Iran actually has is settled one way. If it leans and nothing happens, it is settled the other. And whichever capital carried Riyadh's request is the one Riyadh now believes can move Iran.

Where it stands. Saudi Arabia warned the UN Security Council on Tuesday that the threat now reaches international shipping, its envoy Abdulaziz Alwasil told the council. Araghchi was in China on Wednesday. Asharq Al-Awsat reports that he and Pakistan's army chief discussed regional developments the same week, as talks between the United States and Iran stall.

What is being argued about

  • Whether China or Pakistan carried Saudi Arabia's request to Iran over the Houthis
  • What three unnamed Iranian sources will and will not say about how the message was passed
  • Houthi advances around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and whether that amounts to control of it
  • How much influence over the Houthis Iran is assumed to have, and by whom
Who carried Riyadh's request to TehranSide by side
ReportWho carried the messageSourced to
Al-Monitor (Reuters exclusive)ChinaThree Iranian sources familiar with the matter
An-NaharChinaThe same three; they gave no detail on how the message was passed
The Jerusalem PostChinaTwo Iranian sources, who said Beijing's interests were "only one of many considerations"
YnetChina, and Oman as wellReuters for China; for Oman, a network Ynet identifies with Hezbollah
Shargh, on the army chief's callPakistanPakistani government sources, on a Wednesday phone call
Shargh, on the defence ministerPakistanPakistan's defence minister, on the record
Six reports, two capitals, and no report that names both.
Sources Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Exclusive-China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent مع استمرار التصعيد... رسالة سرّية من بكين لطهران بشأن الحوثيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Beijing pushes Tehran to help stop Houthi attacks following appeal from Saudis, Iranian sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בשליחות סעודיה: סין ביקשה מאיראן לרסן את החות'ים Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عاصم منیر از ایران خواست انصارالله را از حمله به تأسیسات انرژی عربستان بازدارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر دفاع پاکستان: پیام عربستان درباره یمن را به ایران منتقل کردیم/ زمان فعال شدن توافق مکه رسیده است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
One day, two capitalsTimeline
  1. Thu 17 Sep07:58 published time on the report Asharq Al-Awsat reports Araghchi and Pakistan's army chief discussed regional developments as US-Iran talks stallheadline only; we hold no text
  2. Thu 17 Sep12:26 published time on the report Shargh says Asim Munir asked Tehran to use "its influence" over the Yemeni groupPakistani government sources
  3. Thu 17 Sep12:44 published time on the report Ynet summarises Reuters, adds an Omani channel, and calls the strait taken over
  4. Thu 17 Sep12:46 published time on the report Al-Monitor carries the Reuters exclusive: China asked Tehran privately after a Saudi appeal 3 unnamed Iranian sources
  5. Thu 17 Sep12:49 published time on the report An-Nahar carries the same reporting and says the sources would not describe how the message was passed
  6. Thu 17 Sep13:20 published time on the report Shargh quotes Pakistan's defence minister saying his government passed Saudi Arabia's message to Iranon the record
  7. Thu 17 Sep15:34 published time on the report The Jerusalem Post adds that two Iranian sources called Beijing's interests only one of many considerations
Times are the publication times printed on the reports, in UTC.
Sources A Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran's Araghchi, Pakistan Army Chief Discuss Regional Developments as US-Iran Talks Stall Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عاصم منیر از ایران خواست انصارالله را از حمله به تأسیسات انرژی عربستان بازدارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בשליחות סעודיה: סין ביקשה מאיראן לרסן את החות'ים Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Exclusive-China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent مع استمرار التصعيد... رسالة سرّية من بكين لطهران بشأن الحوثيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر دفاع پاکستان: پیام عربستان درباره یمن را به ایران منتقل کردیم/ زمان فعال شدن توافق مکه رسیده است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Beijing pushes Tehran to help stop Houthi attacks following appeal from Saudis, Iranian sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Everyone's sources are anonymous

Every report of the private message rests on people who are not named: three Iranian sources in four of them, Pakistani government sources in another, an unnamed network in a sixth. No report carries a Chinese, Iranian or Houthi official on the record confirming or denying that a message was sent. The pickups repeat the sourcing formula without adding a source of their own.

5 reports resting on sources who are not named 0 reports carrying an on-the-record denial 2 reports adding a second channel of their own

Two capitals, one request

Four reports say Beijing carried Riyadh's appeal to Tehran; three say Islamabad did, and none of the six mentions the other capital. The Persian reports also give the group its own name rather than naming it through Iran. Whether these are one message or two is not settled by anything the desk holds.

4 reports where Beijing carries the message 3 reports where Islamabad carries it 0 reports that mention both channels
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Exclusive-China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Beijing pushes Tehran to help stop Houthi attacks following appeal from Saudis, Iranian sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent مع استمرار التصعيد... رسالة سرّية من بكين لطهران بشأن الحوثيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בשליחות סעודיה: סין ביקשה מאיראן לרסן את החות'ים Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عاصم منیر از ایران خواست انصارالله را از حمله به تأسیسات انرژی عربستان بازدارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر دفاع پاکستان: پیام عربستان درباره یمن را به ایران منتقل کردیم/ زمان فعال شدن توافق مکه رسیده است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran's Araghchi, Pakistan Army Chief Discuss Regional Developments as US-Iran Talks Stall Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified China privately asked Tehran to help rein in the Houthis after Saudi Arabia appealed to Beijing.
Al-Monitor, The Jerusalem Post, An-Nahar and Ynet all carry the same Reuters report, attributed to three unnamed Iranian sources, so the four reports are one account. No Chinese, Iranian or Saudi official confirmation appears in anything we hold, and no report contradicts it.
Checked against 4 sources:
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Exclusive-China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Beijing pushes Tehran to help stop Houthi attacks following appeal from Saudis, Iranian sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent مع استمرار التصعيد... رسالة سرّية من بكين لطهران بشأن الحوثيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בשליחות סעודיה: סין ביקשה מאיראן לרסן את החות'ים Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Pakistan passed a Saudi request on Yemen to Iran, with army chief Asim Munir asking Tehran to stop Houthi attacks on Saudi energy facilities.
Both accounts are Shargh's — one sourced to unnamed Pakistani government officials describing a Wednesday phone call, one quoting Pakistan's defence minister on the record — so a single outlet carries the claim. Asharq Al-Awsat's report that Araghchi and the Pakistani army chief discussed regional developments holds no text we can read, and confirms nothing about the request.
Checked against 3 sources:
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عاصم منیر از ایران خواست انصارالله را از حمله به تأسیسات انرژی عربستان بازدارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر دفاع پاکستان: پیام عربستان درباره یمن را به ایران منتقل کردیم/ زمان فعال شدن توافق مکه رسیده است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran's Araghchi, Pakistan Army Chief Discuss Regional Developments as US-Iran Talks Stall Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
misleading The Houthis have taken control of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Ynet's summary of the Reuters report describes "the takeover of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait", but Al-Monitor's full text of the same report says only that the Houthis made rapid advances along the Red Sea coast and around the strait, leaving Saudi oil exports and shipping more exposed. An-Nahar, carrying the same reporting, also says advances around the strait, not control of it.
Checked against 3 sources:
Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בשליחות סעודיה: סין ביקשה מאיראן לרסן את החות'ים Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Exclusive-China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent مع استمرار التصعيد... رسالة سرّية من بكين لطهران بشأن الحوثيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

ל ליאור בן ארי Ynet
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Figure attributed force size is the only figure, sourced to a wire and hedged×1
Figure attributed troop figure is an upper bound and is credited to a wire agency×1
Sourcing a second, unverified channel is added and attributed to a network identified with Hezbollah×1
The verb chosen for the remark the same remark is rendered as a promise×1
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Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Beijing pushes Tehran to help stop Houthi attacks following appeal from Saudis, Iranian sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that puts a number on the sourcing — two Iranian sources — and the only one carrying their caveat that Beijing's interests were one consideration among many.
China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter.Riyadh turned to China for help after the Houthis made rapid advances along the Red Sea coast and around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, moves that have left Saudi oil exports and shipping more exposed, the sources said.China has publicly called for restraint, dialogue and the restoration of safe navigation, but its private message went further than the public statemen
Whose account is the default: the whole account of Chinese pressure rests on unnamed sources from one of the parties, flagged in the headline — “Beijing pushes Tehran to help stop Houthi attacks following appeal from Saudis, Iranian sources say”
How many sources: the qualification that limits the claim is carried by the same two anonymous Iranian sources who supply the claim — “two Iranian sources said Beijing's interests were only one of many considerations.”
Whose voice is quoted: the whole account rests on unnamed sources on one side — “Iranian sources say”
What is hedged: the same unnamed sources are used to shrink the broker's weight — “two Iranian sources said Beijing's interests were only one of many considerations”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-908951
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent وزیر دفاع پاکستان: پیام عربستان درباره یمن را به ایران منتقل کردیم/ زمان فعال شدن توافق مکه رسیده است Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only on-the-record account of any channel: Pakistan's defence minister says his government passed Saudi Arabia's message on Yemen to Iran, and that it is time to activate the Mecca agreement. The same report carries
جهان ۲۶ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۶:۵۰ وزیر دفاع پاکستان: پیام عربستان درباره یمن را به ایران منتقل کردیم/ زمان فعال شدن توافق مکه رسیده است وزیر دفاع پاکستان با تاکید بر نقش لابی صهیونیسم در توطئه راه اندازی جنگ در منطقه و مشارکت آمریکا در آن گفت: منطقه با تهدید اصلی از سوی اسرائیل مواجه است اما نبرد شجاعانه جمهوری اسلامی ایران، لبنان و فلسطین باعث شده تا صهیونیست ها بازنده اصلی این جنگ باشند. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، وزیر دفاع پاکستان با تاکید بر نقش لابی صهیونیسم در توطئه راه اندازی جنگ در منطقه و مشارکت آمریکا در آن گفت: منطقه با تهدید اصلی از سوی اسرائیل مواجه است اما نبرد شجاعانه جمهوری اسلامی ایر
What is asserted rather than attributed: a cause for the regional war is stated in the reporter's own voice, not attributed — “با تاکید بر نقش لابی صهیونیسم در توطئه راه اندازی جنگ در منطقه و مشارکت آمریکا در آن”
Stated flat, nothing set against it: A minister's framing of Israel as the region's main threat is carried without a counter-voice or a challenge in the text. — “منطقه با تهدید اصلی از سوی اسرائیل مواجه است”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1128664
An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent مع استمرار التصعيد... رسالة سرّية من بكين لطهران بشأن الحوثيين Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at An-Nahar → What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10777 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report that says what its sources would not: how the message was delivered, or whether it went through Araghchi's visit to China. It also gives China's public line — restraint, dialogue, shipping security — and
كشفت 3 مصادر إيرانية مطّلعة عن أن الصين طلبت سرّاً من طهران المساعدة في كبح جماح جماعة الحوثيين اليمنية بعد مناشدة وجّهتها السعودية لـ بكين عقب الهجوم العسكري الذي شنّته الحركة المتحالفة مع إيران الأسبوع الماضي.وذكرت المصادر أن السعودية لجأت إلى الصين طلباً للمساعدة بعد تقدّم الحوثيين السريع على طول ساحل البحر الأحمر وحول مضيق باب المندب.وأضافت أن الصين دعت علناً إلى ضبط النفس والحوار واستعادة أمن الملاحة، لكن رسالتها الخاصة تجاوزت التعليقات العلنية.ولم تقدّم المصادر المطّلعة على المناقشات، والتي تحدّثت بعد أن طلبت عدم نشر أسمائها، تفاصيل عن كيفية توصيل الرسالة أو ما إذا كانت قد نقلت خلال زيار
The gap named: The only report that says what its sources would not say — how the message was passed, or whether it went through the foreign minister's visit. — “ولم تقدّم المصادر المطّلعة على المناقشات، والتي تحدّثت بعد أن طلبت عدم نشر أسمائها، تفاصيل عن كيفية توصيل الرسالة”
Read it at An-Nahar → https://www.annahar.com/international/iran/348511/مع-استمرار-التصعيد-رس…
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Exclusive-China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The original Reuters exclusive: China asked Tehran privately after a Saudi appeal, and Riyadh turned to Beijing because Houthi advances along the Red Sea coast left Saudi oil exports and shipping more exposed.
Exclusive-China presses Iran to help rein in Houthis after Saudi appeal, sources say By Parisa Hafezi Sep 17, 2026 Add AL-MONITOR on Google Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi meets with China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, in Beijing — Iranian Foreign Ministry By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, Sept 17 (Reuters) - China has privately asked Tehran to help rein in Yemen's Houthis after an appeal to Beijing by Saudi Arabia following the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week, according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter. Riyadh turned to China for help after the Houthis made ra
Sourcing: the whole exclusive rests on three unnamed sources of one nationality — “according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter”
How a party is named: the Houthis are introduced through their sponsor, and the advance is called a blitz — “the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week”
The whole story rests on unnamed sources: The exclusive is carried by three anonymous Iranian sources, and the sourcing is stated in the first sentence rather than buried. — “according to three Iranian sources familiar with the matter”
The group named by its patron: The Houthis are introduced through Iran and their advance is a blitz; both choices are the report's own words, not a quotation. — “the Iran-backed group's military blitz in the past week”
Read it at Al-Monitor → https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/exclusive-china-presses-ir…
Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בשליחות סעודיה: סין ביקשה מאיראן לרסן את החות'ים Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2684 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Adds a third route, attributed to a network it identifies with Hezbollah — that Riyadh also approached Oman for a two-week pause. It is also the only report that calls the strait taken over rather than advanced around.
סין פנתה בחשאי לאיראן בבקשה לסייע בריסון המורדים החות'ים בתימן - זאת לאחר שסעודיה העבירה פנייה לבייג'ינג בעקבות מבצע הכיבושים של החות'ים שהשתלטו בין היתר על המצר האסטרטגי באב אל-מנדב. כך דווח היום (חמישי) בסוכנות הידיעות רויטרס על סמך שלושה מקורות איראניים שמעורים בנושא. על פי הדיווח, התשובה האיראנית הייתה כי השלום והיציבות תלויים בסיום המלחמה האמריקנית-ישראלית נגד טהרן. בתוך כך, מקור בכיר מסר לרשת "אל-מיאדין" שמזוהה עם חיזבאללה כי ריאד ביקשה מעומאן לבקש מהחות'ים הפסקת אש למשך שבועיים, שבמהלכה יתקיימו דיונים לטיפול ב"סוגיה ההומניטרית", כלומר הדרישה של החות'ים מסעודיה להסיר את המצור הימי שהטילה
Sourcing: a second, unverified channel is added and attributed to a network identified with Hezbollah — “ברשת שמזוהה עם חיזבאללה דווח כי סעודיה פנתה גם לעומאן”
Read it at Ynet → https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/s1rmtuyyfe
Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent عاصم منیر از ایران خواست انصارالله را از حمله به تأسیسات انرژی عربستان بازدارد Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Shargh → What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10199 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Names a different messenger. On Pakistani government sources, army chief Asim Munir asked Tehran in a Wednesday phone call to use "its influence" to stop attacks on Saudi energy facilities.
جهان ۲۶ شهریور ۱۴۰۵ ۱۵:۵۶ آناتولی: عاصم منیر از ایران خواست انصارالله را از حمله به تأسیسات انرژی عربستان بازدارد به گفته منابع دولتی پاکستان در گفتگوی تلفنی روز چهارشنبه با دیپلمات ارشد ایران، منیر از تهران خواست تا از «نفوذ خود» بر گروه یمنی استفاده کند. به گزارش گروه رسانه‌ای شرق، آناتولی نوشت: به گفته منابع دولتی فرمانده ارتش پاکستان در گفتگوی تلفنی روز چهارشنبه با دیپلمات ارشد ایران، منیر از تهران خواست تا از «نفوذ خود» بر گروه یمنی استفاده کند. منابع دولتی پاکستان روز پنجشنبه به خبرگزاری آناتولی گفتند که فیلد مارشال عاصم منیر، فرمانده ارتش پاکستان، از ایران خواسته است تا گروه انصارالله ر
Who carries the message: the same request is made by Pakistan's army chief, sourced to Pakistani government sources, with China absent — “منیر از تهران خواست تا از «نفوذ خود» بر گروه یمنی استفاده کند”
A different actor does the asking: Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. — “منیر از تهران خواست تا از «نفوذ خود» بر گروه یمنی استفاده کند”
Read it at Shargh → https://www.sharghdaily.com/fa/tiny/news-1128671
A Asharq Al-Awsat
Centre-right estimate · not a score
Asharq Al-Awsat 🇸🇦SA · digital · Iran's Araghchi, Pakistan Army Chief Discuss Regional Developments as US-Iran Talks Stall Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → What we have measured Active voice, both actors named the killing of Iran's supreme leader is given an actor and a date, unhedged ×1Active voice for the actor soldiers and settlers are both named as acting ×1Anyone hurt is counted, not named three dead given as a figure and a job title ×1Are the hurt named or counted The dead man and the wounded are a count inside an official's quote; nobody is named, and no ages, roles or nationalities are given. ×1 from 3032 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → —
Confirms only that Araghchi and Pakistan's army chief spoke about regional developments while US-Iran talks stall; we hold no text beyond the headline.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Pakistan's ‌army ‌chief Asim ‌Munir ⁠discussed the latest regional ⁠developments in a phone ⁠call ‌during ‌Araghchi's visit to Beijing ‌on ‌Wednesday, Iranian media ‌reported, as US-Iran negotiations remain ⁠stalled ⁠with no agreement in sight. The US-Iran war, which began with US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28, has entered its seventh month, with Iranian retaliatory attacks targeting US forces and regional allies. The conflict has disrupted energy and maritime routes, while diplomatic efforts to reach a settlement remain ongoing.
Read it at Asharq Al-Awsat → https://english.aawsat.com/node/5319350
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Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15038 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
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Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4959 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
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Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
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The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
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Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
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Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
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Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
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Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
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North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1169 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
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WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
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SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
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Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
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Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
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Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
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