Elizabeth Tsurkov

Iraq's Kataib Hezbollah to release abducted American journalist Shelly Kittleson

Middle East news site Al-Monitor said Kittleson was a US freelance journalist based in Rome who had covered several wars in the region and had contributed articles to the outlet.

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US journalist Shelly Kittleson poses for a picture in Baghdad on March 31, 2026.
A damaged site, following an Israeli raid on Friday, according to Syrian state media, in Beit Jinn, Syria November 28, 2025.

Israel's policy in Syria is 'rudderless,' Syria expert Elizabeth Tsurkov tells 'Post'

Tsurkov: “There is no clear objective for Israel's presence. What is the long-term goal? What is the long-term vision?”

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov over a backdrop of Iraqi and Israeli flags.

'Go to Gaza,' freed Iraqi captive Elizabeth Tsurkov tells Israeli journalist Amit Segal

Channel 12 reporter Amit Segal called former Kata’ib Hezbollah hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov “scum” after she criticized the news channel’s reporting of IDF operations in Gaza.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli-Russian hostage Elizabeth Tsurkov over a backdrop of Iraqi and Israeli flags.

'Kataib Hezbollah used me as a punching bag,' Tsurkov says in first interview since release

Tsurkov was beaten “senseless”, hung from the ceiling, and electrocuted, according to the New York Times.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli Jewish woman remains kidnapped in Iraq as Iraqi PM at UNGA 

Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped six months ago in Baghdad.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Elizabeth Tsurkov was kidnapped in Iraq earlier this year by Iranian-backed terrorist group Kataib Hezbollah.