Elizabeth Tsurkov (Hebrew: אליזבט צורקוב, romanized: Elizabet Tzurkov, Russian: Елизавета Аркадьевна Цуркова, romanized: Yelizaveta Arkadyevna Tsurkova; born 11 November 1986) is a Russian and Israeli researcher who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023 while conducting doctoral research in Iraq. She was held hostage by the group Kata'ib Hezbollah for 903 days before her release in September 2025.
Elizabeth Tsurkov (Hebrew: אליזבט צורקוב, romanized: Elizabet Tzurkov, Russian: Елизавета Аркадьевна Цуркова, romanized: Yelizaveta Arkadyevna Tsurkova; born 11 November 1986) is a Russian and Israeli researcher who was kidnapped in Baghdad in March 2023 while conducting doctoral research in Iraq. She was held hostage by the group Kata'ib Hezbollah for 903 days before her release in September 2025.
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