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Tsurkov is known for her support for the Palestinian cause and her activism around the Syrian revolution
Iraq
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Talks of release of Israeli researcher kidnapped in Iraq 'false'

Sources close to Iraqi militant groups have said that reports of a deal to free kidnapped Israeli academic Elizabeth Tsurkov are false.

The New Arab Staff
03 February, 2025
Elizabeth Tsurkov
Iraq
MENA
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Western team pushes for Israeli researcher's release in Iraq

The New Arab Staff
07 January, 2025
Libya
MENA
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UN says 'deeply concerned' over Libyan activist abduction

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 July, 2024
Kidnapped Israeli academic Elizabeth Tsurkov
Iraq
MENA
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Iraqi TV shows first video of kidnapped Israeli academic

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 November, 2023
Syrian refugees
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In crisis-hit Lebanon, Syrian refugees kidnapped for ransom

Philippe Pernot
12 September, 2023
Afghanistan- GETTY
US
MENA
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US citizen believed kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan

The New Arab & agencies
07 February, 2020
Qusay
Palestinian
MENA
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Missing Palestinian boy 'found frozen to death' in Jerusalem

The New Arab
25 January, 2020
Yemen
Yemen
MENA
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Kidnapped Yemeni girl found 'with severed tongue'

The New Arab
19 January, 2020
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protest
MENA
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UN urges accountability over spate of Iraq kidnappings, assassinations

The New Arab & agencies
12 December, 2019
Mohammed bin Salman - GETTY
Switzerland
MENA
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Saudi Arabia abducted Saudi critics, activists from Geneva: reports

The New Arab
11 November, 2019
Asma Assad AFP
Syria
MENA
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Cousin of Bashar Assad's wife released after Lebanon kidnapping

The New Arab
19 September, 2019
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Yazidis
MENA
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Nobel prize-winning activist urges Yazidis to return to Iraq

The New Arab & agencies
04 August, 2019
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Tripoli
MENA
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Tunisian workers kidnapped in Libyan capital

The New Arab & agencies
16 February, 2019
- afp Baghdad militia fighter
kidnapping
MENA
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Iraqi man stages own kidnapping to claim ransom cash

The New Arab
13 February, 2019
Syria prison
Syria
MENA
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Woman 'kidnapped in Syria' returning home to Argentina

The New Arab & agencies
02 December, 2018
Razan Zaitouneh - Twitter
Syrian war
MENA
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Razan Zaitouneh: More clues in search for Syrian lawyer

The New Arab
13 August, 2018
Iraq security - Getty
Kirkuk
MENA
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Two Filipinas kidnapped in Iraq released amid IS chaos

The New Arab
09 July, 2018
Libya water plant - Getty
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MENA
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Suspected IS militants kill two workers in Libya

The New Arab
07 July, 2018
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Nigeria
MENA
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Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram 'releases 76 abducted schoolgirls'

The New Arab & agencies
21 March, 2018
Kumba unrest Cameroon - Getty
kidnapping
MENA
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Tunisian engineer killed, colleagues rescued after Cameroon kidnapping

The New Arab & agencies
21 March, 2018
Yitzhar settlers - Getty
Settlers
MENA
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'Notorious' Israeli settlers attempt kidnapping of Palestinian children

The New Arab
08 February, 2018