A Princeton University graduate student who was kidnapped and held captive by an Islamic militia in Iraq for more than two years was released on Tuesday. Elizabeth Tsurkov — a Russian-Israeli citizen — was released by the Kataib Hezbollah group, a Shia paramilitary group aligned with Iran, President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social . Tsurkov had been "tortured
Princeton academic Elizabeth Tsurkov freed by Iraqi militia after 2 years in captivity

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