Albanian police use water cannon on protesters over Kushner-linked resort

What the report says

Al Jazeera reported that Albanian police used water cannon and pepper spray outside the country’s parliament as protesters clashed with officers during a demonstration against Prime Minister Edi Rama. The report, published July 24, 2026, said demonstrators were calling for Rama to step down.

According to the outlet, the unrest has continued for seven weeks and was triggered by opposition to a luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner. The report did not provide further details in the supplied text about the project’s location, ownership structure, government approvals or the number of people injured or detained in the confrontation.

The dispute matters because it connects a domestic political confrontation in Albania with a high-profile development associated with Kushner, a U.S. businessman and son-in-law of former U.S. President Donald Trump. In general, large tourism and real estate projects in coastal or environmentally sensitive areas can become flashpoints when opponents raise concerns about transparency, land use, public benefit or environmental impact; however, those specific claims were not detailed in the supplied Al Jazeera text.

The confrontation outside parliament suggests the resort controversy has broadened beyond a planning dispute into a sustained challenge to Rama’s government. Further reporting would be needed to establish the authorities’ account of the police response, the opposition’s demands, and the current status of the development.