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US journalist Shelly Kittleson released by Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq
The militia said she must leave Iraq immediately after a U.S. warning said it was targeting female journalists.
- On Tuesday, American journalist Shelly Kittleson is being released after being kidnapped last week in Baghdad, an Iranian-backed militia said.
- Despite multiple warnings about threats from Kata'ib Hezbollah as recently as the night before her abduction, Kittleson traveled to Iraq to stay with a family who reassured her they 'would keep her safe.'
- Journalist Kiran Nazish, founder of the Coalition for Women in Journalism, told CBS News that Kittleson had 'experience reporting on the ground in difficult circumstances' and was 'doing what she had always done.'
- The militia announced on their Telegram channel that Kittleson must leave Iraq immediately as a condition of release, though her exact whereabouts remain unclear.
- Alex Plitsas, a CNN national security analyst, previously confirmed the U.S. government warned Kittleson about specific threats from Kata'ib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed paramilitary group allegedly targeting female journalists.
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·Dortmund, Germany
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