American journalist Shelly Kittleson is being released a week after she was kidnapped in Baghdad, an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq said Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Kata’ib Hezbollah militia said in a post on the group’s Telegram messaging app channel that Kittleson was being released on the condition that she leave Iraq immediately. Her whereabouts … Read more
An American journalist was kidnapped in Iraq on Tuesday by suspected Iranian-backed militants, according to the State Department and the country’s Interior Ministry. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The journalist was identified in the hours after her kidnapping came to light as freelancer Shelly Kittleson, … Read more
American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped in Iraq, was concerned about her safety before she was taken, one of her editors tells CBS News’ Chris Livesay. Source link
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American journalist Shelly Kittleson was kidnapped in Baghdad on Tuesday, according to two sources familiar with the matter as well as an Iraqi official. Iraq’s Interior Ministry announced that a foreign journalist was kidnapped by “unknown individuals” but did not identify the victim. The ministry said that security forces had managed to arrest one suspect … Read more
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Lawyers for Estefany Rodriguez Florez say she was improperly detained and targeted for news coverage critical of the immigration crackdown. Source link
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