{"id":8525,"date":"2026-04-25T11:38:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=8525"},"modified":"2026-04-25T11:38:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T08:08:55","slug":"us-kuwaiti-journalist-freed-from-kuwait-following-washingtons-diplomatic-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/?p=8525&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"US-Kuwaiti Journalist Freed from Kuwait Following Washington&#8217;s Diplomatic Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to AFP, the <strong>US State Department<\/strong> has confirmed the release of Kuwaiti-American journalist <em>Ahmed Shihab-Eldin<\/em> from detention in Kuwait, where he has now been permitted to leave the country. This development reportedly occurred after significant diplomatic pressure from the administration of then-US President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Shihab-Eldin had been held for several weeks amidst a regional crackdown, specifically linked to his dissemination of video footage concerning the escalating tensions and confrontational policies pursued by the United States against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>#AhmedShihabEldin #Kuwait #USStateDepartment #DonaldTrump #JournalistRelease #USIranTensions #MediaFreedom #RegionalCrackdown #DiplomaticPressure #MiddleEastConflict<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to AFP, the US State Department has confirmed the release of Kuwaiti-American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin from detention in Kuwait, where he has now been permitted to leave the country. This development reportedly occurred after significant diplomatic pressure from the administration of then-US President Donald Trump. Shihab-Eldin had been held for several weeks amidst a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8526,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle-east-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fajr.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}