Kuwait Detains US-Kuwaiti Journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Kuwait detains journalist amid crackdown on war coverage

• Ahmed Shihab-Eldin charged with spreading false information, harming security • CPJ, UN rapporteur call for his immediate release LONDON: Kuwaiti authorities have detained US-Kuwaiti journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, who has not been seen for six weeks, a media watchdog said, during a wider crackdown by Gulf nations on people for filming or posting footage during the US-Israel war on Iran. Shihab-Eldin, 41, who was visiting family in Kuwait, has not posted online or been seen in public since M...

By none@none.com (Reuters)