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Kuwaiti authorities have closed down the office of the
Al Jazeera news channel in Kuwait City.

In a statement, Kuwait’s ministry on Information described Al Jazeera’s coverage as “intervention in a Kuwaiti domestic issue”.

It follows a police crackdown on Wednesday in which four Kuwaiti MPs and at least a dozen others were injured.

Al jazeera’s Shiulie Ghosh reports

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