Sister of abducted Elizabeth Tsurkov meets US hostage envoy The Iraqi kidnappers of the Israeli-Russian researcher “should consider what became of Hamas,” Emma Tsurkov tweets. JNS Staff May 17, 2025
US envoy visited Iraq in bid to free Israeli-Russian academic Elizabeth Tsurkov has been held captive in Iraq since March 2023 by the Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia Kata’ib Hezbollah. JNS Staff March 12, 2025
Baghdad ‘actively working’ to locate Elizabeth Tsurkov Iraq's national security adviser said authorities are also seeking to identify the group that kidnapped the Israeli-Russian researcher. March 6, 2025
75 years ago, Iraq stripped its Jews of citizenship Baghdad estimated that 6,000 to 7,000 Jews would leave; 125,000 did. JNS Staff March 6, 2025
Hezbollah supporters flock to Beirut for Nasrallah funeral The terror master led the Iranian-backed organization for three decades before the Israeli Air Force killed him. JNS Staff Feb. 22, 2025
Fleeing Iraqi Jews left $34 billion behind, report says The document is unusual for its use of forensic accounting to quantify the losses incurred by some 135,000 people who escaped persecution. Canaan Lidor Feb. 21, 2025
US hostage envoy: Iraqi PM should work to free Israeli-Russian captive ‘right now’ Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani "has an opportunity RIGHT NOW to show the world why he should or should not be prime minister," said U.S. Ambassador Adam Boehler. JNS Staff Feb. 19, 2025
Trump’s hostage envoy demands Iraq free Israeli captive Adam Boehler criticized Baghdad for failing to secure the release of Princeton researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov. Feb. 6, 2025
Iraqi PM said working to free Israeli scholar from captivity Elizabeth Tsurkov has been held captive by an Iranian-backed Shi’ite militia since 2023. Jan. 24, 2025
