This content originally appeared on Al Jazeera.
A foreign journalist has been kidnapped in Iraq, the Ministry of Interior has confirmed, without providing any information about the reporter’s identity.
The ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that the journalist was kidnapped by “unknown individuals” in Baghdad, according to the Iraqi News Agency.
Security forces arrested one of the suspects and seized a vehicle used in the abduction after a pursuit of the kidnappers, the ministry said.
It added that efforts are continuing to find those involved in the kidnapping and secure the release of the journalist.
More to come.
Related News
28 March 2026
Air strikes in Iraq kill three PMF fighters, two Iraqi police
26 March 2026
Germany warns of world economic ‘catastrophe’; OECD cuts UK growth forecast
28 March 2026
As war on Iran enters second month, Yemen’s Houthis open new front
17 March 2026