Earlier, two police sources said a female journalist holding a US passport was kidnapped in Baghdad by unknown parties.
The Iraqi interior ministry did not disclose her nationality, but said one suspect had been arrested and that efforts were ongoing to free the journalist.
The State Department said an individual with ties to Iran-backed Kata’ib Hezbollah, believed to be involved in kidnapping US journalist Shelly Kittleson, was detained by Iraqi authorities. The State Department also said it previously warned Kittleson of threats against her and will continue to coordinate with the FBI to ensure her release as quickly as possible.
Police sources said they were still chasing a vehicle in which she was taken by force by four men in civilian clothes.
The search is focused in the eastern part of the capital where the kidnappers’ vehicle was headed, police sources added.
An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University was kidnapped by an Iran-aligned Shia militia group during a research trip to Iraq in March 2023 and was released in 2025.
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