The Iraqi Al Rabiaa TV published overnight Friday what appears to be the last footage of a dual Israeli-Russian academic who has been missing in Iraq for months is being held by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Elizabeth Tsurkov, who disappeared in late March, is still alive "and we hold Iraq responsible for her safety and well-being."
الرابعة تنشر آخر ظهور للإسرائيلية المختطفة في بغداد
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— قناة الرابعة - Al Rabiaa TV (@alrabiaatv) July 6, 2023
Tsurkov, whose work focuses on the Middle East, and specifically war-torn Syria, is an expert on regional affairs and has been widely quoted over the years by international media.
She is a fellow at the Washington-based think tank New Lines Institute. Her colleague Hassan Hassan, editor-in-chief of New Lines Magazine, said co-workers were notified of her kidnapping in Iraq on March 29. Hassan told The Associated Press that some of her colleagues had been in touch with her just days before she went missing.
