“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, 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 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.

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 ...

Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli and Russian citizen, is being held by the Shiite group Kataeb Hezbollah, or Hezbollah Brigades, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.

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 ...

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 ...

Elizabeth Tsurkov, 36, disappeared from Baghdad in late March She is believed to be held by the Shiite group Kataeb Hezbollah Elizabeth's sister Emma told DailyMail.com that they're happy she's alive ...

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.

Elizabeth Tsurkov is a 36-year-old Israeli researcher. She's a fellow at the Newlines think tank and frequent Mideast commentator interviewed in media, including NPR.

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 ...