German woman kidnapped in Baghdad freed in Iraqi operation

German national Hella Mewis, who was abducted outside of her office in Baghdad on Monday evening, was freed in an operation carried out by Iraqi security forces.
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An Iraqi photojournalist takes pictures of the Iraqi art collective Tarkib in Baghdad's Karrada neighborhood on July 21, 2020, one day after a German citizen who ran arts programs at the center supporting young artists was kidnapped meters away from her office in the Iraqi capital. The woman, Hella Mewis, has now been rescued. - Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Al-Monitor Staff

A German woman kidnapped in Baghdad this week has been freed by Iraqi security forces, German and Iraqi officials said today. 

Hella Mewis was abducted from outside her art collective office in central Baghdad around 8 p.m. Monday. An Iraqi armed forces spokesman, Brig. Gen. Yahia Rasool, announced her release on Twitter today, but provided no further details. 

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