Al Urubah was a pro-Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar Gaddafi or "September 1942" 20 October 2011), commonly known as Muammar Gaddafi or Colonel Gaddafi, was the official ruler of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then the "Brother Leader" of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011.He seized power in a...

 Libyan

Libyan

A Libyan is a person or thing of, from, or related to Libya in North Africa.The term Libyan may also refer to:* A person from Libya, or of Libyan descent. For information about the Libyan people, see Demographics of Libya and Culture of Libya. For specific persons, see List of Libyans.* Libyan...

 television station

Television station

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. Following the fall of Tripoli

Tripoli

Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...

 in August, 2011, it broadcast messages from the deposed leader and his information minister

Information minister

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, Moussa Ibrahim

Moussa Ibrahim

Moussa Ibrahim is a Libyan political figure, serving as Libyan Minister of Information and the official spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi as of March 2011. He came to general international attention during the 2011 Libyan civil war.-Biography:...

. The station's logo also temporarily appeared on Syria's

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

 Al Ra'y Television's transmissions. The owner of Al Ra'y, Iraqi expatriate businessman Mish'an al-Juburi

Mish'an al-Juburi

Misha'an al-Juburi is an Iraqi politician from the Sunni Arab community, who is currently in exile in Syria. He led the Reconciliation and Liberation Bloc which held 3 seats in the Iraqi Council of Representatives from 2005-2010. Juburi is the publisher of the al-Itijah al-Akhar newspaper and the...

, described Al Urubah as "the sister of Al-Ra'y channel", but also stated that it broadcast from an undisclosed Arab state other than Syria. The station has been off the air since late August 2011.