Princeton University student kidnapped by Iran-backed militia group in Iraq — in March: officials – By Ariel Zilber and Natalie O’Neill (New York Post) / July 5, 2023
A Princeton University doctoral student was abducted by a radical Iran-backed militia group while doing work for the school in Iraq — and has been missing for months.
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 Hezbollah in Baghdad, officials said Wednesday.
“[Elizabeth Tsurkov] is an Israeli-Russian dual citizen who has been missing for several months in Iraq, where she is being held by the Shi’ite militia Kata’ib Hezbollah,” the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
The Israeli government “views Iraq as responsible for her fate and safety,” it said.
