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, 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, 36 — an Israeli-Russian citizen studying political science at the New Jersey-based Ivy League institution — was seized in March by members of the Shiite group Kataeb ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The family of the scholar – Elizabeth Tsurkov, who also holds Russian citizenship – is trying to remain optimistic. Even though the circumstances are completely different, the release of ...

On Tuesday, March 5, a graduate student sent an email in the Free Food listserv with the subject: “not food; but please help save our colleague’s life!” The message encouraged students to send letters ...

Supporters of Elizabeth Tsurkov, an academic kidnapped in Iraq a year ago, held a rally at the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, Mar. 21, 2024. Her sister Emma is standing center, with glasses.

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 ...