{"id":87180,"date":"2026-03-31T21:14:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=87180"},"modified":"2026-03-31T21:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:14:56","slug":"female-us-journalist-is-kidnapped-by-iran-backed-hezbollah-group-in-baghdad-while-covering-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/31\/female-us-journalist-is-kidnapped-by-iran-backed-hezbollah-group-in-baghdad-while-covering-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Female US journalist is kidnapped &#8216;by Iran-backed Hezbollah group&#8217; in Baghdad while covering war"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1ZPRfv.img?w=534&amp;h=685&amp;m=6&amp;x=256&amp;y=184&amp;s=97&amp;d=97\" alt=\"Shelly Kittleson, a freelance reporter based in the Middle East and Afghanistan , was abducted by a group of unidentified men near her hotel in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An American journalist has reportedly been kidnapped by the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah terror group in Baghdad.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/female-us-journalist-is-kidnapped-by-iran-backed-hezbollah-group-in-baghdad-while-covering-war\/ar-AA1ZPR4z?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=69cc37b77eed4c66845b0759db4afe6d&amp;ei=20\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>An American journalist has reportedly been kidnapped by the Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah terror group in Baghdad. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Shelly-Kittleson.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87180"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87180\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87182,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87180\/revisions\/87182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}