The UK government has agreed to look at the presence of a Houthi TV station in London after it was raised in parliament following an investigation by The National.
Bob Blackman, a senior MP, urged the Security Minister to look into whether Al Masirah TV is in breach of anti-terrorism funding regulations and being used by the Houthis as cover to obtain visas for the UK.
Al Masirah TV is the mouthpiece of the Houthis, formally known as Ansar Allah, which has controlled large parts of northern Yemen since 2015 and exerts control over territory that is home to about 25 million people.
The station is registered in the UK with a mailing address at a cafe that granted a toeh
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