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Kidnapped Israeli Russian researcher alive; Baghdad working on release

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Elizabeth Tsurkov , 39 , was abducted in Baghdad in March 2023 shortly after her arrival in the Iraqi capital.

The dual Israeli Russian citizen had traveled to Iraq to conduct fieldwork for her dissertation.

Israeli citizens are forbidden from traveling to Iraq , but she used her Russian passport to enter the country.

The Israeli government said in July 2023 that she was being held by Kataib Hezbollah , a powerful Shia militia.

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