April 15th, 2026 - 07:52 GMT
ALBAWABA - American-Kuwaiti national Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested by police in Kuwait after he filmed and posted a video of an F-15 jet crash during the first days of the Iran war. Award-winning journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin was arrested by Kuwaiti authorities on March 2, after posting video footage of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle crashing near Kuwait City. The hashtags "#FreeAhmed" and "#FreeAhmedEldin" have been trending on social ...
![Foreign groups loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ready to fight alongside Syria. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/syr.jpg?itok=YBERrkFF "Foreign groups loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s ready to fight alongside Syria. [Getty Images]")
![Borge Brende said Norway would dispatch a civilian cargo ship and a Navy frigate to Syrian ports to pick up the stockpiles and carry them elsewhere for destruction. [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/nor.jpg?itok=3p6Bnx7d "Borge Brende said Norway would dispatch a civilian cargo ship and a Navy frigate to Syrian ports to pick up the stockpiles and carry them elsewhere for destruction. [Reuters]")
![Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi ( and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov give a press conference on November 14, 2013 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Sergei Lavrov and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu hold talks with Egyptian counterparts on weapons sales and political relations during an official visit. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/187964695.jpg?itok=laQUcx4f "Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi ( and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov give a press conference on November 14, 2013 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Sergei Lavrov and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu hold talks with Egyptian counterparts on weapons sales and political relations during an official visit. [AFP]")
![Morsi is alleged to have encouraged the murder of protesters demonstrating outside Cairo's presidential palace last December. [guim]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/Mohamed-Morsi-arrives-in--015.jpg?itok=Fq9cZ4Eo "Morsi is alleged to have encouraged the murder of protesters demonstrating outside Cairo's presidential palace last December. [guim]")
![Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov give a press conference on November 14, 2013 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. [bbcimg]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/russia_egypt.jpg?itok=9cYPzkpV "Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov give a press conference on November 14, 2013 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. [bbcimg]")
![US Secretary of State John Kerry, United Nations-Arab League special envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a press conference after their high-stakes talks on Syria's chemical weapons at the UN headquarters in Geneva, on September 13, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/180456102.jpg?itok=CcU_afLc "US Secretary of State John Kerry, United Nations-Arab League special envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a press conference after their high-stakes talks on Syria's chemical weapons at the UN headquarters in Geneva, on September 13, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![Palestinian family shows damage to their home after unknown assailant set it on fire, Thursday, November 14, 2013. [Haaretz.com]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/fire.jpg?itok=03JlNLGo "Palestinian family shows damage to their home after unknown assailant set it on fire, Thursday, November 14, 2013. [Haaretz.com]")
