The Israeli-Russian graduate student was freed last week after two years in Kata'ib Hezbollah captivity in Iraq.The post Elizabeth Tsurkov leaves hospital, five days after release from Iraq appeared f ...

The Iraqi government, which always maintained it was working tirelessly to find Tsurkov, previously said she was abducted by ...

London: In the first week of September 2025, Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah concluded it had no option but to release Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov even if it meant surrendering a valuable ...

Tsurkov, who holds Israeli and Russian citizenship, spent more than 900 days in custody after disappearing in Baghdad as she ...

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Sources close to the Iraqi government told AFP on Friday that no deal was made to secure the release of Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov this week, saying her abductors had instead bowed to ...

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Elizabeth Tsurkov was taken hostage in Baghdad on March 21, 2023, while doing research for her doctorate about sectarianism ...

Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov, freed after more than two years in captivity in Iraq, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that she had been held in "harsh conditions".

Tsurkov described to Netanyahu the harsh conditions of her captivity and expressed her hope for the return of all the ...

"I spoke with Emma and Avital, her sisters, and during the emotional conversation I told them that all of Israel is happy to see her back home," said Israeli Prime ...

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