A spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad declined to comment.
The Iraqi interior ministry said in a statement that a foreign journalist had been kidnapped, without giving more details about the journalist. Two Iraqi security officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about the case, said the kidnapped journalist was a woman with U.
S. citizenship. They said that two cars were involved in the kidnapping, one of which crashed and was apprehended while being pursued by authorities near the town of Al-Haswa in Babil province southwest of Baghdad, and the journalist was transferred to a second car that fled the scene. The interior ministry said that security forces had launched an operation to track down the kidnappers, “acting on precise intelligence and through intensive field operations” after intercepting a vehicle belonging to the kidnappers that overturned as they tried to flee. One suspect was arrested and one of the vehicles used in the kidnapping was seized, but others remain on the loose, the statement said. Two security sources said that a journalist holding U.S. citizenship was kidnapped from central Baghdad, on Saadoun Street. They added that an alert was circulated to all checkpoints, leading to a pursuit of the kidnappers as they headed southwest of Baghdad toward Babil province. The sources said the kidnappers’ vehicle, with the journalist inside, was involved in a crash near the town of Al-Haswa in Babil province.The U.S. State Department said in a statement, “The Trump Administration has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans. We are closing tracking these reports. Due to privacy and other considerations, we have nothing further to share at this time.”Chavez abuse claims prompt reflection on the history of Filipino farmworkers in the USSystems that let drivers take their hands off the wheel don’t improve safety, NTSB head saysIt was not immediately clear if the kidnapping was related to the ongoing regional war, but Iran-backed militias in Iraq have launched regular attacks on U.S. facilities in the country since the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Since the start of the war, the U.S. embassy has warned of kidnapping risks and urged citizens in the country to leave., a Princeton graduate student with Israeli and Russian citizenship, disappeared in Baghdad in 2023. After she was freed and handed over to U.S. authorities in September 2025, she said that she had been held by the Iran-allied Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah.‘Character of our community is diminished’: Borrego Springs group asks for short-term rental regulationsSan Diego loses population as immigration nosedives. What are the consequences?San Diego TSA workers start receiving pay. Will security lines at the airport improve?His ADU mega-projects prompted a city crackdown. Now he’s being sued by investors and lenders.Its schools are falling apart, and voters won’t pass a bond. Could a little-used tactic help this district?
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