Israeli-Russian dual citizen Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in 2023 by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq, and Trump said she has been moved to the U.S. embassy there.
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US President Trump confirms Elizabeth Tsurkov freed after being held by Iraqi group amid spy claims.
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli and Russian citizen, is now safe at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, President Trump announced Tuesday.
Elizabeth Tsurkov, 38, a Russian Israeli researcher, was conducting research in Baghdad when she was abducted at a cafe on March 21, 2023.
The Princeton University doctoral student was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023.
A Princeton student "tortured for many months" by Iraqi militia is now in the US embassy, President Trump says.
Elizabeth Tsurkov, who entered Iraq to do research for Princeton, had gone missing in Iraq in early 2023 ...
Iraq's prime minister also said the group, Kataib Hezbollah, had freed Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli graduate student taken hostage in Iraq in 2023, in a deal with the United States.
Elizabeth Tsurkov is now residing at the American Embassy in Baghdad. Donald Trump issued a statement after she was freed on Tuesday.
President Donald Trump announces Princeton student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released by Hezbollah and is now safe at the American Embassy in Iraq.