Pro-Iran group says will release US journalist kidnapped in Iraq

Apr 7, 2026 | INVESTING

⁠Iraqi armed group ⁠Kataib Hezbollah, which is aligned with Iran, said on Tuesday it would release abducted US journalist Shelly Kittleson, adding that she must leave Iraq immediately.
Kittleson ‌was abducted in late March in Baghdad.
Middle East news site Al-Monitor said Kittleson was a US freelance journalist based in Rome who had covered several wars in the region and had contributed articles to ⁠the outlet.
A video purporting to show Kittleson was shared ‌by a social media outlet close to…

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