Baghdad, Sept. 11 -- An Israeli-Russian researcher who was "being tortured for many months" by her Iraqi militia abductors in captivity, has been released, US President Donald Trump has announced.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said: "I am pleased to report that Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton student, whose sister is an American citizen, was just released by Kataib Hezbollah, and is now safely in the American embassy in Iraq".
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani confirmed Ms Tsurkov's release shortly afterwards, reports BBC.
She had gone missing in Iraq during a research trip in March 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said several months later that she was being held by the Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah.
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