{"id":35822,"date":"2026-04-07T19:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/07\/u-s-journalist-shelly-kittleson-kidnapped-in-iraq-is-freed-in-prisoner-swap-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T19:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T19:52:06","slug":"u-s-journalist-shelly-kittleson-kidnapped-in-iraq-is-freed-in-prisoner-swap-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/07\/u-s-journalist-shelly-kittleson-kidnapped-in-iraq-is-freed-in-prisoner-swap-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, kidnapped in Iraq, is freed in prisoner swap &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\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.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<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxPY1ZwN0NqT01wN1dBMERuQzZhR05CRzZFUHQ4dWNCYkhtUVVHVUNYYnBPMEh0SUFVaVRPekJpWHNacmZhT2FEMVJQS200QVh5VVk0MmZ4SEF0QVhCRmVRb2NVVWJPQWtDdUFlZ1V4NXotYl9ld1JjRzk3cU1obldjQmlTdmpPV3hPSlViYy10ajZHdmNNZzVndk4yN3dwNWF1Qmd5NmI4dVhHQmVsV2xtMUdkWTdoUkVCSU9OekkzejI4N1N4ZDZ3eEFtbDBLajA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iraqi armed group says it will release abducted US journalist, says she must leave Iraq immediately<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxPRU5zVGNrRWNIT0hBbWtZcE93TUtGa1BOblBfbU1OSnhsbi05bVZmYjFCQThqS1pzbTh3YlFxYnI3dk01djBORmUyWUZwMlBPTkFYcWJxTjJtRHhkMDhSbW94WHpTOUZGRXBBQ3Q3Ukp5YTc1LS1PQnUzX0lsNG9ENlByOUhaaWJUX0kwV2pVT25oZXltU2dtOA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Iran-backed militia releases American journalist kidnapped in Iraq<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, kidnapped in Iraq, is freed in prisoner swap&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post American Journalist Kidnapped in Iraq Is Freed&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Reporter&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/07\/u-s-journalist-shelly-kittleson-kidnapped-in-iraq-is-freed-in-prisoner-swap-the-washington-post\/\" 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-35822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35822","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=35822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}