Elizabeth Tsurkov has been held in Iraq for over 860 days after being kidnapped by Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed ...

Elizabeth Tsurkov, 36 — an Israeli-Russian citizen studying political science at Princeton — is being held by Shiite group Kataeb Hezbollah in Baghdad in March, according to the Israeli Prime ...

“Elizabeth Tsurkov is still alive and we hold Iraq responsible for her safety and well-being,” Mr Netanyahu wrote. Ms Tsurkov is an Israeli-Russian dual citizen, the Israeli prime minister added.

Elizabeth Tsurkov, a 38-year-old graduate student at Princeton University was kidnapped in 2023 while doing research in Iraq, and officials from several countries say progress is being made to ...

Elizabeth Tsurkov is the oldest of the four children of Arkada and Ira Tsurkov, Soviet dissidents who spent a year in prison with Natan Sharansky. Lauren Markoe is news editor of the Forward.

Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian dual citizen and a graduate student at Princeton University, is being held captive by a Shiite militia, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

Emma Tsurkov, the sister of Elizabeth Tsurkov GS, claims that Princeton University is trying to “distance itself from any responsibility” in her sister’s kidnapping in Iraq in an op-ed on NJ.com on ...

Tsurkov’s case caught the attention of Congress last fall when Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) wrote to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in September to “urge the ...

Elizabeth Tsurkov, who is believed to be held by a pro-Iranian Shiite militia, was shown in an unauthenticated video speaking about the Israeli hostages held in Gaza. By Alissa J. Rubin An Iraqi ...

Bassem al-Awadi’s comments were the first official Iraqi statements since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Wednesday that Elizabeth Tsurkov is still alive "and we hold ...

The sister of Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped in Iraq two years ago, meets with US President Donald Trump’s hostage envoy Adam Boehler.

But Tsurkov understands their eyes in a way most of us never could, because she has spent the last 22 months toiling to secure the release of another Israeli hostage — her sister, Elizabeth, who ...