American journalist Shelly Kittleson, a reporter with Wisconsin ties who was abducted in Baghdad, is expected to be freed, according to the powerful Iran-backed Iraqi militia Kataib Hezbollah. The group said its decision came “in appreciation of the patriotic stances of the outgoing prime minister,

A US freelance journalist who was kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad a week ago is to be released, an Iran-backed militia says.

Her release follows intensified efforts by the Iraqi government and several influential Shi'ite leaders, who applied pressure on the militia group to secure her freedom, a government official with kno...