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Elizabeth Tsurkov, Princeton Student, Is Released From Iraq, Trump Says
ByRonen Bergman, Patrick Kingsley and Aaron Boxerman September 9, 2025

Israel and Iraq confirmed the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli graduate student at Princeton who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2023 by the militant group Kataib Hezbollah.

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Israeli-Russian graduate student freed after 903 days in Hezbollah captivity
ByGuardian staff September 9, 2025

Elizabeth Tsurkov, who entered Iraq to do research for Princeton, had gone missing in Iraq in early 2023Israeli-Russian academic and Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released after being kidnapped by Kata’ib Hezbollah and spending more than…

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Israeli-Russian graduate student freed after 903 days in captivity of Iraqi militant group
ByGuardian staff September 9, 2025

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 m…

Read More Israeli-Russian graduate student freed after 903 days in captivity of Iraqi militant group