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The American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped this Tuesday in the center of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, by a group of unidentified men from a pro-Iran militia. The middle Al Hadath has broadcast the moment in which several individuals assault the collaborator of media outlets such as BBC, Politico o Al-Monitor and they force her into a car.
The Iraqi Interior Minister has confirmed the kidnapping and said that a suspect, linked to an Iran-aligned militia, has already been detained. The US State Department has detailed for its part that it coordinates with the FBI a operation to release the American journalist “as soon as possible”who had received threats against him.
Iraqi authorities have explained that The detainee is a member of the Kataib Hezbollah militia groupaligned with Iran and allegedly involved in the kidnapping. This is the first abduction that has been recorded since the beginning of the US and Israeli bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic, and it has also been recorded in the vicinity of the Palestine Hotel, where the photojournalist died in 2003. Jose Couso.
Kittleson is a reporter freelance con experience covering various conflicts in the Middle Eastlike those of Afghanistan, Iraq or Syria. According to the chain CNNthe US Administration had recently alerted the journalist that Kataib Hezbollah he planned to kidnap or kill her.
“The State Department has already fulfilled its duty to warn this person about the threats against him and we will continue to coordinate with the FBI to ensure his release as soon as possible,” he said. Dylan Johnsona senior official of the Department, in a message published on social networks.
The U.S. Department of State is aware of the reported kidnapping of an American journalist in Baghdad, Iraq.
The State Department previously fulfilled our duty to warn this individual of threats against them and we will continue to coordinate with the FBI to ensure their…
— Dylan Johnson (@ASDylanJohnson) March 31, 2026
Kataib Hezbollah is one of the most powerful Iraqi militias and responsible for the drone and missile attacks against several of its bases and diplomatic headquarters in the country in coordination with the ayatollah regime. This group already kidnapped the Russian-Israeli researcher in 2023 Elizabeth Tsurkovfrom Princeton University, which was held for more than two years.
According to The New York TimesKittleson was kidnapped on a busy street in central Baghdad. Her captors took her away in a car that was hit on a suburban road by security forces. Although the vehicle overturnedthe kidnappers managed to take the reporter in another car that was participating in the kidnapping, managing to escape.
Washington has recalled that Iraq remains under level 4 travel alert – the highest – and has reiterated its recommendation not to travel to the country under any circumstances and to leave it immediately, urging all Americans, including journalists, to abide by these warnings.
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