Israeli-Russian graduate student kidnapped in Iraq has been released, Trump and family say

Iraq Kidnapped Student FILE - In this Sept., 2018 selfie image provided by Emma Tsurkov, right, she and Elizabeth Tsurkov are shown in Santa Clara Valley, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Tucker, file) (Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) (Eric Tucker/AP)

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Israeli-Russian graduate student from Princeton University who was kidnapped in Iraq has been released, according to her family and President Donald Trump.

Elizabeth Tsurkov was freed Tuesday and turned over to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad following more than 900 days in captivity.

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