> One of the few useful reports today is from Al-arabiya.[1] They probably have people on site. I'm guessing you meant to say the Al Jazeera article? In that A

> One of the few useful reports today is from Al-arabiya.[1] They probably have people on site. I'm guessing you meant to say the Al Jazeera article? In that Al Arabiya one I see clues they have no direct reporting: * Only a stock photo of the ship, not anything from the current event * Quotes and sources only by way of other media organizations ("Egypt’s Extra News", "Egyptian state TV", "Reuters"). * And facts I could get myself via vesselfinder.com or wikipedia ("321 ship stuck", "About 15 percent of world shipping traffic transits the Suez Canal.") I could have written this article from my home in the US despite having no meaningful knowledge of the Middle East or shipping. The Al Jazeera one has a photo of the ship actually in the canal and at least one direct quote. (Interestingly, they also have info from Rabie by way of Al Arabiya, which is not in the Al Arabiya article you linked. Looks like the Al Jazeera article was written later though given the count of waiting ships is higher.)