[2][3][4] The President of the board of Al-Masirah is Mohammed Abdulsalam who is also Houthis official spokesman and their chief negotiator.

[3] The channel launched its first test broadcast on 23 March 2012, on the Nilesat satellite.

[6] On 10 May 2015, Al-Masirah, along with other anti-Saudi channels, were closed on Nile Sat & Euro Sat[7] several times[8] due to Saudi pressure on the satellite companies, which made Al-Masirah broadcast its signal instead on the Russian satellite Express AM44.

After the Houthi takeover in Yemen, Al-Masirah lost a number of employees due to conflict.

On June 22, 2021, United States law enforcement agencies seized a number of domains associated with Al-Masirah.