The academic had gone to Iraq for research purposes on behalf of Princeton University in the US. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JERUSALEM - An Israeli-Russian academic who went missing in Iraq a few months ago is alive and being held there by Shiite group Kataib Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Wednesday.It said she had gone to Iraq for research purposes on behalf of Princeton University in the United States. There were no immediate details on her condition.
Ms Tsurkov’s mother Irena said they lost contact two months ago. “From what I had known until today, she was in Turkey, working on her research for Princeton. I didn’t even know she was in Iraq,” she told N12 News. A Princeton spokesperson declined to say whether Ms Tsurkov was in Iraq on the university’s behalf, citing policies and a federal law governing students’ privacy and safety.
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