The Korea Times
BAGHDAD — Iraq's powerful armed group Kataeb Hezbollah on Tuesday released U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson, a week after she was kidnapped in Baghdad, the Iranian-backed group and the United States said. Her release was announced hours before the United States and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in more than one month of war, which spread into a regionwide conflict. "In recognition of the national stances of the outgoing prime minister, we have decided to release the American defendant Shelly Kittleson, on the condition that she leave the country immediately," Abu Mujahid al-Assaf, a security official in the Iran-backed group, said in a brief statement. He added that this was an exceptional gesture that would "not be repeated again in the coming days, as we are in a state of war launched by the Zionist-American enemy against Islam, and in such cases many considerations are discarded." Secretary of State Marco Rubio later said that she had been freed. "We are relieved that this American is now free and are working to support her safe departure from Iraq," Rubio said in a statement. A senior I
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