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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 560

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani

Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic who was kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023, 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)
March 12, 2025, 1:43 am
Trump’s hostage envoy visited Iraq to push for release of Israeli captive — sources
Israeli-Russian researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov believed to be held by Iran-backed militia; sister says Trump administration has done more in a few weeks than Biden’s did in two years
By Reuters, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic who was kidnapped in Iraq in March 2023, 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)
March 10, 2025, 3:16 pm
US reportedly warns Iraq of consequences if it doesn’t ensure kidnapped Israeli freed
Trump envoy Adam Boehler tells Iraqi PM there will be political, economic repercussions if academic Elizabeth Tsurkov remains captive, Qatari paper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reports
By Lazar Berman
Elizabeth Tsurkov in an undated photo (Social media; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 23, 2025, 5:39 pm
Iraqi FM says Israeli researcher held hostage is alive, efforts ongoing to free her
Russian-Israeli academic Elizabeth Tsurkov is believed to be held by Iran-backed militia Kataeb Hezbollah since 2023 abduction; hostage envoys met with her family this month
By ToI Staff
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)
December 23, 2024, 3:11 pm
Iraqi militias reportedly agree to end drone attacks on Israel
Source tells Hezbollah-aligned al-Akhbar outlet that agreement was made with Baghdad government to end assaults due to volatile situation in region, uncertainty over Trump policies
By ToI Staff
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, left, is welcomed by Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, right, with an official ceremony at the Baghdad International Airport in Baghdad, Iraq, September 11, 2024. (Murtadha Al-Sudani/Pool Photo via AP)
September 11, 2024, 6:22 pm
Iran’s president says West letting Israel commit ‘massacres’ using US, European arms
Visiting Iraq, Masoud Pezeshkian signs 14 MoUs to boost ties between neighbors; in hint at Israel, Iraqi PM says his country’s airspace won’t be used for attacks on Iran
By AP and ToI Staff
A handout picture provided by the Iranian Presidency shows Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian speaking during a televised interview in the capital of Tehran on August 31, 2024. (HANDOUT / Iranian Presidency / AFP)
September 8, 2024, 4:17 pm
Iran’s president to travel to Iraq in first trip abroad
Pezeshkian to sign memorandum of understanding on ‘cooperation and security’ that was meant to be signed by his predecessor, Raisi
By AFP
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
File: US army soldiers, part of the US-led coalition against the Islamic State (IS) group, walk around at the K1 Air Base northwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq before a planned US pullout on March 29, 2020. (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP)
January 25, 2024, 10:08 pm
Iraq, US agree to start talks on phased withdrawal of US-led military coalition
US secretary of defense says countries will shift to ‘enduring bilateral security partnership’; US official says announcement unrelated to surge in attacks on bases since Oct. 7
By TARA COPP and Qassim Abdul-Zahra
The US Embassy as seen from across the Tigris River in Baghdad, Iraq, in this file photo taken on January 3, 2020. (Khalid MohammedAP)
December 14, 2023, 4:47 pm
Iraqi PM’s office says some attackers of US embassy ‘linked to security services’
After rockets fired at US diplomatic mission, Mohammed Shia al-Sudani slams assaults as ‘serious threat’ to Iraq’s security and stability
By AFP
Iraqis attend the funeral of the Kataib Hezbollah members in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
December 11, 2023, 5:59 pm
Iraq scrambles to rein in Iran-backed groups, fearing spillover of Israel-Hamas war
Analyst says Tehran appears to be ensuring attacks remain below threshold that would trigger major US response, due to concerns over Iraqi government’s stability
By Agencies
A plume of smoke rises from Baghdad's Green Zone after rockets target the US embassy, early morning on December 8, 2023. (X video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 9, 2023, 1:14 am
Rocket barrage targets US embassy in Baghdad’s Green Zone
No injuries, damage reported in attack; Washington says Iran-backed militias likely behind launches; Iraqi PM pans incident, calls on authorities to bring culprits to justice
By AFP
This handout picture shows Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani holding a press conference in the southern province of Basra Governorate on September 2, 2023. (Iraqi Prime Minister's Press Office/AFP)
September 19, 2023, 1:56 pm
Iraqi PM said to get White House invitation from Biden
No date set yet for US president’s meeting with Iran-backed Mohammed Shia al-Sudani; development comes as similar invite still eludes Netanyahu
By ToI Staff
Syrian President Bashar Assad (right) welcomes Iraq's Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani during a welcome ceremony in Damascus, Syria, July 16, 2023. (SANA via AP)
July 16, 2023, 4:52 pm
Iraqi PM meets Assad in Syria to discuss ties, in first visit in over a decade
Two countries maintained relations even as most Arab League members isolated Damascus over crackdown on 2011 protests
By AP
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
Iraqi security forces stand guard as they check motorists entering the Green Zone, in Baghdad, Iraq, Jan. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
January 8, 2023, 2:42 pm
Iraq reopens Baghdad’s Green Zone in bid to ease traffic congestion
Heavily fortified area in Iraqi capital housing government buildings and the sprawling US Embassy will now have cars passing through for 14 hours a day, but no trucks
By AP
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