Princeton researcher Tsurkov released from militia captivity in Iraq
- Posted on September 10, 2025
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Princeton researcher Tsurkov released from militia captivity in Iraq

An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University in New Jersey who was kidnapped by a Shiite militia in Iraq in 2023 has been released from captivity and is now in U.S. custody, President Donald Trump and the student's family said on Tuesday.