@newrepublic 1).
„The Iraqi ministry said that security forces had pursued the kidnappers as they fled, managing to arrest one suspect and seizing a vehicle that had been used in the abduction.
@newrepublic 2).
The suspect is a member of the Iran-allied Kataib Hezbollah, the two senior Iraqi security officials said.
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@newrepublic 3).
Kataib Hezbollah is one of Iraq’s most powerful militant groups and the same militia that held Elizabeth Tsurkov (@LizHurra), an Israeli Russian doctoral student at @Princeton University, hostage for more than two years, torturing her while in captivity.
@newrepublic @LizHurra @Princeton 4).
The Iraqi authorities were now working under the assumption that the same group was behind the abduction on Tuesday, one of the security officials said.”
March 31, 2026
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