AFP: Journalist held in Kuwait over war footage released

Middle East Eye · April 25, 2026 Human Rights

AFP: Journalist held in Kuwait over war footage released The US State Department said a Kuwaiti-American journalist, Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, has been released by Kuwait and allowed to leave the country, AFP reported. Officials said the release followed intervention by the administration of US President Donald Trump. Shihab-Eldin had been detained for weeks during a crackdown related to the sharing of video footage of the war between the United States and Iran.

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