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Israeli-Russian graduate student kidnapped in Iraq has been released, Trump and family say

Sep 9, 2025 | 2:44 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released, according to her family and President Donald Trump.

Elizabeth Tsurkov was freed Tuesday and turned over to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad following more than 900 days in captivity.

Eric Tucker, The Associated Press