A Princeton University graduate student who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2023 while doing research there has been freed and turned over to U.S. authorities, her family and officials said Tuesday.

Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli Middle East expert and Princeton political science student, loved posting on X, formerly Twitter. Her social media posts praised protesters in Syria for their "immense ...

Israeli Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov was released from captivity in Iraq, US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday, more than two years after she was taken hostage by an Iran-backed ...

A file photo from 2017 of Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023 — Ahmad Mohamad Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and US President Donald ...

A Princeton University graduate student who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2023 while doing research there has been freed and turned over to U.S. authorities, her family and officials said Tuesday.Video ...