Iraq must return Israeli hostage Elizabeth Tzurkov or else, US hostage envoy warns
"If Elizabeth Tsurkov does not come home NOW, then the Iraqi Prime Minister is either incapable and should be fired or, worse ...
'The Worst Idea Since Iraq'—Experts on Trump's Gaza Plan
This is the worst idea in American foreign-policy since the U.S. invasion of Iraq. It is foolish, counterproductive, and ...
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Report: Israeli woman kidnapped in Iraq to be exchanged for Hezbollah terrorists
Israeli citizen Elizabeth Tsurkov will reportedly be exchanged for 8 Hezbollah terrorists 2 years after she was kidnapped in ...
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Trump’s hostage envoy warns Iraq of consequences if Elizabeth Tsurkov not freed
The Trump administration’s hostage envoy on Wednesday weighed in for the first time on the captivity of Princeton University researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian national believed to ...
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Elizabeth Tsurkov's sister: 'Biden admin kept showering corrupt Iraqi officials with cash'
Emma Tsurkov, whose sister, Elizabeth, has been held hostage by a Shia militia in Iraq since 2023 expressed hope that the ...
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Reflections of an Iraqi Arab Jew
By Hussain SanaAvi Shlaim, an Iraqi-born Israeli-British historian, is an Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford and one of the leading voices on Middle Eastern ...
What is making Gaza ‘uninhabitable’? Unexploded bombs and more.
Trump says the destruction in Gaza means “no one can live there.” But experts say the enclave can be rebuilt without the mass ...
Regime change in Syria has Iraqi factions backtracking on push for US withdrawal
The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces ...
Iraq is a key test of Trump's willingness to counter Iran
Iran holds tremendous sway inside Iraq despite the presence of US troops, setting up a tug-of-war for the incoming Trump ...