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Princeton researcher Tsurkov released from militia captivity in Iraq, Trump says

ReutersSep 9, 2025 8:34 PM

- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq over two years ago, had been released from captivity by Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah.

Tsurkov "is now safely in the American Embassy in Iraq after being tortured for many months," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.

Tsurkov, a Princeton University researcher, went missing in Iraq during a research trip in March 2023.

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