Iraq PM Announces Release of Kidnapped Academic Elizabeth Tsurkov

Moscow Unaware of Missing Israeli Academic’s Russian Citizenship

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Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday the release of Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023.

"As a culmination of extensive efforts exerted

Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Tsurkov "was just released"

Tsurkov, a doctoral student at Princeton University, was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023.

There was no claim of responsibility for her abduction back then, but Israel accused Kataeb Hezbollah of holding Tsurkov.

Tsurkov, who is likely to have entered Iraq on her Russian passport, traveled to the country as part of her doctoral studies.

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