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US journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad
A US freelance journalist has been kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, and one of the suspects is linked to an Iran-backed militia, Iraqi and US officials say.
Shelly Kittleson was abducted on Tuesday evening, said Al-Monitor, a news outlet for which she has contributed articles.
The Iraqi interior ministry said security forces had chased the reporter's abductors in a pursuit that resulted in one of the kidnappers' cars overturning and the arrest of one suspect.
A US state department official said an individual with ties to an Iranian-aligned militia group, Kataib Hezbollah, was detained by Iraqi authorities.
Dylan Johnson, assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, confirmed the abduction of an American journalist, without naming Kittleson.
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Shelly Kittleson, an American journalist reported kidnapped in Baghdad, Iraq, in a photo posted to her X page in March (X: Shelly Kittleson)
Police in Iraq say they are searching for an American journalist who has been kidnapped in Baghdad, possibly by an Iranian-backed militia group.
The journalist has been identified as Shelly Kittleson by independent Middle East news outlet Al-Monitor, one of the publications for which she has written.
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American journalist kidnapped in Iraq, officials say
The journalist was identified as Shelly Kittleson by media advocacy groups as well as Al-Monitor, one of the news outlets for which she worked
An American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad by a suspected Iranian-backed Iraqi armed group, the US said, as regional security deteriorates after the US-Israeli attack on Iran.
The state department said it was working to ensure the American’s release “as soon as possible”.
“An individual with ties to the Iranian-aligned militia group Kataib Hezballah believed to be involved in the kidnapping has been taken into custody by Iraqi authorities,” Dylan Johnson, the assistant secretary of state for global public affairs, wrote on X.
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