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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 363

Elizabeth Tsurkov

Popular Mobilization Forces burn representations of US and Israeli flags during al-Quds Day in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan, File)
Explainer
Alexander Schloss
After Iran’s attack and as Israel engages Hezbollah, will proxies in Iraq step up fire?
Relatively quiet until now compared to other terror militias backed by the Islamic Republic, Shia-allied Iraqi groups are increasingly firing on the Jewish state with mixed success
Popular Mobilization Forces burn representations of US and Israeli flags during al-Quds Day in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan, File)
October 3, 2024, 8:06 am
After Iran’s attack and as Israel engages Hezbollah, will proxies in Iraq step up fire?
Relatively quiet until now compared to other terror militias backed by the Islamic Republic, Shia-allied Iraqi groups are increasingly firing on the Jewish state with mixed success
By Alexander Schloss
Emma Tsurkov, the sister of the Israeli citizen Elizabeth Tsurkov who is being held hostage in Iraq, confronting Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani in Washington DC, April 19, 2024. (X screenshot)
April 20, 2024, 6:34 pm
Sister of Israeli held in Baghdad shouts at Iraqi PM in Washington: ‘You don’t care!’
Emma Tsurkov tells PM Sudani he is doing nothing to release her sister, Elizabeth, who was kidnapped last year, allegedly by Iranian proxy
By ToI Staff
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 9, 2024, 6:00 pm
US lawmakers press White House to secure release of Israeli researcher kidnapped in Iraq
House Democrats urge Biden in letter to ramp up negotiations for Elizabeth Tsurkov’s release ahead of Iraqi PM’s visit to Washington, deny rumors Tsurkov worked as ‘Western spy’
By ToI Staff
Members of the Palestinian Prisoners Committee hold a rally outside the International Committee of the Red Cross office in Gaza City on July 17, 2023, demanding the Iraqi government include Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails in the exchange for Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
November 14, 2023, 7:26 pm
Iraq still looking for leads on kidnapped Israeli academic after first video surfaces
Spokesperson says Baghdad ‘sparing no effort’ to find information related to disappearance of Elizabeth Tsurkov, as family welcomes footage showing her alive
By AFP and ToI Staff
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic who was kidnapped in Iraq earlier this year, speaks in a clip aired November 13, 2023, by Iraq's Al Rabiaa satellite TV network. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 14, 2023, 5:34 am
Israeli-Russian academic appears in video for first time since being abducted in Iraq
In statement seemingly given under duress, Elizabeth Tsurkov criticizes Israel’s Gaza offensive and ‘admits’ to having been a spy when she was kidnapped while working on doctorate
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Elizabeth Tsurkov on the banks of the Euphrates river in Raqqa, Syria, during a research trip she conducted to northern Iraq, north-eastern Syria and Turkey in July 2019 (Facebook/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 18, 2023, 7:35 am
Gaza group demands release of Palestinian prisoners in swap for Israeli held in Iraq
‘Our people in Iraq hold the most important key to the liberation of our prisoners,’ prisoner committee chief says of Elizabeth Tsurkov
By Gianluca Pacchiani
A screen grab from footage aired by Iraq's Alrabiaa TV that is said to show abducted Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov in a Baghdad cafe before her disappearance. (Screenshot from Twitter/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 16, 2023, 11:05 pm
Israeli abducted in Iraq said to have initiated contact with her kidnappers
Elizabeth Tsurkov may have interviewed her Iraqi abductors in Baghdad for her research, Arab sources claim
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 9, 2023, 6:11 pm
Report: Tehran set up Russian-Israeli’s abduction in Iraq to secure Iranian’s release
London daily Asharq Al-Awsat says Islamic Republic looking to swap Elizabeth Tsurkov, possibly for prisoner Israel says is Revolutionary Guard operative
By Lazar Berman
An undated photo of Elizabeth Tsurkov (from elizabeth-tsurkov.net)
July 7, 2023, 11:52 am
Iraqi government opens probe into kidnapping of Israeli-Russian academic
Spokesman Bassem al-Awadi says there will be no official statement about disappearance of Elizabeth Tsurkov until government ‘completes its official investigation’
By AFP
A screen grab from footage aired by Iraq's Alrabiaa TV that is said to show abducted Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov in a Baghdad cafe before her disappearance. (Screenshot from Twitter/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 7, 2023, 6:59 am
Israeli-Russian researcher missing in Iraq was repeatedly warned of dangers – report
Israeli TV says officials conveyed to Elizabeth Tsurkov fears for her safety before last visit; Iraqi TV airs ‘last known’ footage of Princeton academic before abduction
By ToI Staff
File: Members of Iraqi Kataeb Hezbollah marching in military uniforms step on a representation of an Israeli flag in Baghdad, Iraq, July 25, 2014, during the annual 'Jerusalem Day' march. (AP/Hadi Mizban)
July 7, 2023, 2:19 am
Iraq said fretting over possible Israeli strikes on pro-Iran group behind abduction
Iraqi source tells London-based Elaph there is growing ‘anxiety’ in Baghdad over potential air raids on Kataeb Hezbollah, which Israel says kidnapped researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov
By Gianluca Pacchiani and ToI Staff
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 7, 2023, 12:35 am
Iraq militia implies it was not involved in abduction of Israeli-Russian researcher
Spokesperson for Iran-backed Kataeb Hezbollah says group is ‘working tirelessly to find out the fate of the Zionist hostage’
By AFP and ToI Staff
An undated photo of Elizabeth Tsurkov (from elizabeth-tsurkov.net)
July 5, 2023, 10:15 pm
Israeli researcher abducted in Iraq by radical Shiite militia
Elizabeth Tsurkov entered Iraq on her Russian passport in March, Prime Minister’s Office announces; says it holds Iraq ‘responsible for her fate and safety’
By Gianluca Pacchiani, Tal Schneider and Lazar Berman
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