Al Jazeera English marks 20 years: Stories that shaped the journey

详细摘要

Here are some of the crucial events Al Jazeera English has covered over the past two decades.

Al Jazeera English is marking 20 years since its official launch on November 15, 2006, about 10 years after Al Jazeera Arabic was inaugurated.

Since then, the channel and its digital footprint have grown dramatically in terms of content and coverage, becoming one of the most influential outlets in the world with employees from 78 nationalities and 48 bureaus around the world.

Here are some of the most significant developments we have covered over the years:

The war went on for 22 days. Israel’s widespread aerial bombing campaign on densely populated areas of the Palestinian enclave, including homes, police stations, schools, United Nations buildings and hospitals, was followed by a ground assault.

About 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed in the war that led to a blockade being imposed on the Gaza Strip.

In the years that followed, attempts by activists to break that siege were met with a brutal response from Israel. The deadliest of those Israeli attacks was on the Mavi Marmara, a ship that was part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, a convoy carrying more than 700 activists and 10,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid. Israeli soldiers boarded the vessel early in the morning on May 31, 2010, firing at the civilian passengers. Ten Turkish nationals were killed, and the attack set off a major diplomatic spat between Israel and Turkiye.

The series of pro-democracy and antigovernment protests, some of which led to armed rebellions after authorities brutally cracked down on them, started in December 2010 in Tunisia.

They swept across the Middle East and North Africa in the early 2010s, leading to multiple revolutions and shifts in power in Tunisia and Egypt, and prolonged conflicts in Syria, Libya and Yemen.

Many other countries introduced national reforms in light of the public movements going on across the region.

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