{"id":35728,"date":"2026-04-07T17:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/07\/us-journalist-shelly-kittleson-to-be-released-after-kidnap-in-iraq-militia-says-bbc\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:50:17","slug":"us-journalist-shelly-kittleson-to-be-released-after-kidnap-in-iraq-militia-says-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/07\/us-journalist-shelly-kittleson-to-be-released-after-kidnap-in-iraq-militia-says-bbc\/","title":{"rendered":"US journalist Shelly Kittleson to be released after kidnap in Iraq, militia says &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBhOERsd2pOZ0F6S3RXOFpBQktvLWNDbnRfeXBfYTJMd2RQUDhUb2pvX1lNQnluak85RmZJZDdqSXZGd19USjR6ZlJ5VElxS2JseEpRbms3UUtwUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US journalist Shelly Kittleson to be released after kidnap in Iraq, militia says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxOOXdYUXFHRGIwa0huRE1GLVBIcDVNYnFzM2V0VTFOYlg0N2dhWHJLazZoZEpzVDdmOWxZT2szN09sZWloX1NvcFpFNktZQWxubEZHMGJnVWh5YzQ0NmhmaEQ3V2JhMm9JbGl6eVNQNGNhYnJ0aTFJQlhUdXBfemxTWUZ4QXlrUEdrcVFvNTA3NFBTT19JNEFpREJYVEJuSk1nTVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, kidnapped in Iraq, is freed in prisoner swap<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US journalist kidnapped in Iraq freed one week after kidnapping by Kataeb Hezbollah<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Times of Israel<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxNVExBdF9rbE1UZjIxZW9UT3hxSGtEaEtmbzRrcTU2anRNRk0tZzdCYzVyWGxNWDhJdTExVnFuWkhpNTNlYzVKTW5jVnZ3MkJPT1JKRGxUcG5xZjYxSzlnY1hwV0s4cnlDUWlKcGZNTmdrT3VTQ1F1eWRVQVpoTkNvS0p0NEdfOFFYWXJQTW1PSE8yeUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirwFBVV95cUxNeDM4UFJodGZ5NVl3MnJrYldTVlJ6cDRidlpQSUpWQWt0WkNyWmhlOU14MWFjTDNEWWFaeXlzWHdyNmdOVWhmT1czVGpsY0dRbFVfVlB0WTlwdWtJdUFOUm9qSkRmZDQ0ZlRVaDlLcnI5Y3MwMzBUdWc5S3B1bjNFUUJZNlNDRnVSMV9RYVZ0NkozbFNNLTQ2enNiamNKaGFFRDhzNC1ZTTFlRHFndmdJ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Reporter who was kidnapped in Baghdad is known for pursuing gutsy, low-budget assignments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US journalist Shelly Kittleson to be released after kidnap in Iraq, militia says&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, kidnapped in Iraq, is freed in prisoner swap&nbsp;&nbsp;The&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/07\/us-journalist-shelly-kittleson-to-be-released-after-kidnap-in-iraq-militia-says-bbc\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}