Princeton Scholar Elizabeth Tsurkov Freed from Captivity in Iraq After Two-Year Ordeal
10 September 2025Breaking News: Academic’s Release Confirmed Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Baghdad in 2023 by the Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah, has been released and is now at the American Embassy in Iraq, as announced by US President Donald Trump. Background of the Kidnapping Tsurkov, 38, was a doctoral student at Princeton University when […]