Washington, April 25 -- The US State Department has announced the release of a Kuwaiti-American journalist who was previously detained in Kuwait, following an intervention by the Trump administration.

Officials confirmed that Ahmed Shihab-Eldin has been freed and has subsequently been "permitted to depart from the country." The journalist had reportedly been held for over 50 days amidst a regional crackdown on the sharing of footage related to the ongoing conflict.

A State Department official stated that Shihab-Eldin has safely left the Gulf nation, though the department declined to provide "further specifics regarding the release," citing "privacy considerations."

According to a report by Fox News, Committee to Protect Journalists (CP...