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09/09/2025 20:58 The Guardian

Elizabeth Tsurkov, who entered Iraq to do research for Princeton, had gone missing there in early 2023Israeli-Russian academic and Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released after being kidnapped by an Iraqi Shia militia group and spending more than two years in captivity, Donald Trump said in a post on social media.“I am pleased to report that Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton Student, whose sister is an American Citizen, was just released by Kata’ib Hezbollah (MILITANT Hezbollah), and is now safely in the American Embassy in Iraq after being tortured for many months. I will always fight for JUSTICE, and never give up. HAMAS, RELEASE THE HOSTAGES, NOW!” the US president wrote in a TruthSocial post on Tuesday.This article was amended on 10 September 2025. An earlier version incorrectly said Tsurkov was kidnapped by Hezbollah. She was in the captivity of a Iraqi Shia militia group Continue reading...

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10/09/2025 15:00 The Guardian
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