Israeli-Russian graduate student Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was kidnapped by a Shiite militia in Iraq in 2023, has been released from captivity and is now in US custody. The release was announced by US President Donald Trump and Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani.
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