Al Jadeed

In January 2003, Information Ministry Michel Samaha ordered to hold the broadcasting of Al Jadeed TV's programs.

[3] On December 7, 2003, Tahseen Khayat, Al Jadeed TV's Chairman was arrested at home and held in custody for two days.

In July 2003, Al Jadeed TV broadcast a new documentary involving the Lebanese General Jamil El Sayed in a corruption case with Syria.

In December 2006, three Al Jadeed reporters were arrested following their investigation into the former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri’s assassination and their lead on Muhammad Zuhair El Suddik, one of the false witnesses.

[7] In March 2010, a hundred members of the Druze community surrounded Tahseen Khayat’s house and threatened to set fire to it.

[8][9][10] In June 2012, masked men set fire to tires in front of Al Jadeed’s office’s main door after the channel had released an interview with Ahmed al-Assir, a Sunni Sheikh.

The Lebanese journalist and the channel are accused of contempt charges and justice obstruction after they released compromising information regarding the witnesses’ protection system of the tribunal.

[16] In August 2012, Al Jadeed TV had broadcast a 5 episodes documentary showing serious failures inside the tribunal related to the anonymity of the witnesses and their protection.