Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian citizen and a Princeton University student who has been held captive by Shiite militants in Iraq since March 2023, has been freed, President Donald Trump and Iraqi government forces confirmed.
Circumstances surrounding her release were not clear. The Iraqi government said its security forces had discovered Tsurkov's place of detention Tuesday. It said they reached that location and then handed Tsurkov over to the U.S. embassy, without stating how her freedom was secured.
Trump, on his Truth Social platform, said she had been released by Kata'ib Hezbollah, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization.
Sabah al-Numan, a spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, said in a statement that Tsurkov had been handed over to the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, which Trump confirmed.
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