The story: In Kuwait, MP Bader Al-Dahoum has raised eyebrows after slamming Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem for receiving his Iraqi counterpart, Mohammad Al-Halbousi. In a Jan. 25  tweet, Dahoum - a member of the Salafist Thawabet Al-Umma Bloc – criticized Ghanem for “opposing the pardoning of patriots while greeting with open arms the Speaker of a country which invaded our homeland.”

The coverage: Dahoum’s remarks sparked a series of Twitter feuds among Kuwaitis politicians and activists. On Jan. 26, the prominent Kuwaiti journalist and TV anchor Fajer Al-Saeed published images of Dahoum taking part in “seminars to support the Iraqi people”...