American Journalist Kidnapped in Baghdad

0:00It's March 31st. Welcome to Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. An American journalist got kidnapped and bagged dead on Tuesday, and Iraqi security forces are hot on the trail of her captors. Officials say they're using solid intel and field ops to hunt them down after spotting one of their getaway vehicles flip over during a chase. They nabbed one suspect right there and seized the vehicle, but the rest of the crew is still out there somewhere. The interior ministries leading the push to wrap this up quick. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad isn't saying a word yet. With the regional war heating up, Iran-backed militias have been hitting American spots regularly and kidnappings aren't new, even before the conflict kicked off. Back in 2023, Princeton student Elizabeth Surkov, who's got Israeli and Russian citizenship vanished in the city too. She got released last September after two years, blaming the Iran-linked group Katayev Hezbollah, though they never owned up to it.

1:01Sounds like tensions are still boiling over there, so stay sharp if you're following the Middle East scene. We'll keep tabs on any updates as they. Drop.