DUBAI: Streaming platform STARZPLAY launched Egyptian series “Harb” on April 12.
The 10-episode series, starring Egyptian actors Ahmed El Sakka and Mohamed Farrag, follows two national security officers as they hunt down a terrorist planning an attack.
The series shows the challenges that the security forces need to overcome in order to protect the lives of citizens.
“Harb” sees El Sakka and Farrag reunite after previously working together on the film “Al-Maslaha” and the TV drama series “Al Hisan Al Aswad.”
The show is the latest addition to STARZPLAY’s Ramadan lineup that includes programs such as “Seroh Al Bateaa,” “Kashf Mestaagel,” and “Downtown,” along with cookery entertainment like “Chef Bil Bayt,” “Matbakh Manal Al Alem,” and “Khaymat Ramadan.”
Egyptian series ‘Harb’ features on STARZPLAY
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Egyptian series ‘Harb’ features on STARZPLAY
- 10-episode mini-series aims to engage viewers during remainder of the holy month
Israel arrests 2 Turkish CNN journalists over live broadcast outside IDF HQ
- Police said reporter Emrah Cakmak and cameraman Halil Kahraman were detained on suspicion of filming a sensitive security facility
- Since the Gaza war began, restrictions have expanded significantly, including tighter limits on filming soldiers on duty and sensitive or strategic sites
LONDON: Israeli police have arrested two Turkish CNN journalists who were broadcasting live outside the Israel Defense Forces’ headquarters in Tel Aviv.
Police said the pair were detained on suspicion of filming a sensitive security facility, according to the Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit.
Reporter Emrah Cakmak and cameraman Halil Kahraman, from the network’s Turkish-language channel, had been reporting near the IDF’s Kirya military headquarters on Tuesday after Iran launched another missile barrage at Tel Aviv and other parts of central Israel.
During the live broadcast, two men believed to be soldiers approached the crew and seized the reporter’s phone, according to initial reports and a video circulating online that could not be independently verified.
Police said officers were dispatched after receiving reports of two people carrying cameras and allegedly broadcasting in real time for a foreign outlet.
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Israel’s long-standing military censorship system, overseen by the IDF Military Censor, has long barred journalists and civilians from publishing material deemed harmful to national security.
Since the Gaza war began, restrictions have expanded significantly, including tighter limits on filming soldiers on duty and sensitive or strategic sites.
After a series of similar incidents involving foreign media — most of them Palestinian citizens of Israel working for Arab-language and international media, along with foreign journalists — during the 12-Day War, Israeli police halted live international broadcasts from missile impact sites, citing concerns that exact locations were being revealed.
The Government Press Office later imposed a blanket ban on live coverage from crash and impact areas.
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir subsequently ordered that all foreign journalists obtain prior written approval from the military censor before broadcasting — live or recorded — from combat zones or missile strike locations.
Police said that when officers asked the CNN Turk crew to identify themselves, they presented expired press cards and were taken in for questioning.
Burhanettin Duran, head of Turkiye’s Directorate of Communications, condemned the arrests as an attack on the press and said Ankara is working to secure the journalists’ release.
