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Elizabeth Tsurkov was in Baghdad to focus on pro-Iran factions when abducted — AFP
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn Iraqi intelligence source tells AFP Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in the Iraqi capital Baghdad “at the beginning of Ramadan,” the Muslim fasting month which this year commenced on March 23.
She had arrived in Baghdad “at the beginning of December 2022,” a Western diplomat stationed in Iraq says on condition of anonymity.
In Baghdad, she had focused on pro-Iran factions and the movement of Iraqi Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr as part of her research on the region, according to several journalists who had met her.
Tsurkov was abducted as she was leaving a cafe in the Iraqi capital’s Karrada neighborhood, the Iraqi intelligence source says.
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