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Shelly Kittleson, 49, was released Tuesday after being abducted in Baghdad on March 31. The hostage was released in exchange for six members of an Iran-backed militia.
Shelly Kittleson, a freelance journalist, was kidnapped in Baghdad last week.
The armed group Kataib Hezbollah said that it would free Kittleson on the condition that she leave Iraq immediately.
Freelancer Shelly Kittleson was reportedly held by Iran-backed militia which says she must now leave country
The US journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad street corner last wee…
Kataib Hezbollah says the release comes on condition that she leave Iraq immediately.
Like many freelancers, Shelly Kittleson often worked on a shoestring budget and without the protections afforded by large news organisations to staff.
Surveillance footage appears to show the abduction of US journalist Shelly Kittleson in Baghdad, as officials say she remains missing and an investigation into the kidnapping is ongoing.
American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson has been kidnapped in broad daylight in Baghdad.