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Tsurkov is known for her support for the Palestinian cause and her activism around the Syrian revolution
Iraq
MENA
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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
Saudi businessman Getty
Saudi Arabia
MENA
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Saudi businessman abducted in Egypt by masked gang

The New Arab
27 April, 2016
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Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanese-Australian TV kidnapping case investigated by joint commission

The New Arab
14 April, 2016
IS_Victims_Libya
Libya
MENA
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Egyptian workers 'kidnapped by IS' in Libya's capital

The New Arab
15 March, 2016
Baghdad Iraq
United States
MENA
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Three abducted Americans released by Iraqi militia

The New Arab & agencies
16 February, 2016
Iraq militias
kidnapping
MENA
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Iraqi kidnappers sentenced to death

The New Arab
10 February, 2016
iraq shia
US military
MENA
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Missing Americans kidnapped by 'Iran-backed' militia in Iraq

The New Arab
20 January, 2016
Iraqi forces US citizens
Popular Mobilisation
MENA
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Iraqi security forces scrambled to find kidnapped US citizens

The New Arab & agencies
18 January, 2016
Libya desert
United Nations
MENA
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Egypt investigating reports of Egyptians kidnapped in Libya

The New Arab & agencies
08 January, 2016
Basra
tribes
MENA
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Security deteriorates in Iraqi city of Basra

The New Arab
07 January, 2016
Iraq militias
Sistani
MENA
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Iraq's top cleric calls for Qatari hostages' immediate release

The New Arab
25 December, 2015
Militia Iraq
Qatar
MENA
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'No link' between pro-Iraqi government militia and kidnapped Qataris

The New Arab
22 December, 2015
Iraqi Sunni fighters on motorcycle
militias
Analysis
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Kidnapped by your neighbours and friends in Iraq

Adam Mahmoud
20 December, 2015
Hunting IRaq
Qatar
MENA
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Qatari hunting party kidnapped in southern Iraq

The New Arab
16 December, 2015
Iraq Police Security
officials
MENA
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Iraq: Haider al-Abadi declares war on kidnap gangs, criminality

Baraa al-Shamari
16 September, 2015
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Turkey
MENA
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Iraq's PM oversees efforts to release kidnapped Turkish workers

Baraa al-Shamari
14 September, 2015
Sadr City Baghdad
Shia
MENA
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Baghdad gunmen kidnap Iraq's deputy justice minister

The New Arab & agencies
08 September, 2015