And to examine that incident and also the challenges facing journalists reporting in Lebanon and the larger Middle East right now, we turned to Sara Qudah, the Committee to Protect Journalists Middle East and North Africa regional director. Across the region, across the Gulf, we have repeatedly seen authorities in Gulf countries, especially in Qatar and United Arab Emirates, where they imposed strict restrictions on journalists not to film or report on any kind of strikes that are happening in the country, not just the military bases and the military protected areas, but also strikes that are happening in civilian areas. Some journalists were able to access the white Internet through people that they know, and they were able to transfer some footages and images, but the vast majority of the reporting is happening through state-owned media, which means that the country, the authorities, are controlling the narrative.
Author: Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn
Published at: 2026-03-30 22:50:50
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