Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassem al Araji said that Baghdad is trying to locate kidnapped researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli and Russian citizen who was abducted in March 2023. Israeli officials have blamed Kataib Hezbollah for kidnapping Tsurkov,

Iraq’s national security adviser said Wednesday that authorities were actively searching for Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Israeli-Russian academic kidnapped nearly two years ago in Baghdad. Tsurkov, a doctoral student

Iraq’s national security adviser said Wednesday that authorities were actively searching for Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli-Russian academic kidnapped nearly two years ago in Baghdad.Tsurkov, a doctoral student at Princeton University and fellow at the New Lines Institute for Strategy and Policy,

Shlomo Mantzur, 86, the oldest hostage held by Hamas prior to his murder in captivity, was laid to rest on Sunday at Kibbutz Kissufim, where he lived for more than 70 years. The Mantzur family invited Israelis to stand by the side of the road with Israeli flags as the funeral procession passed,

A month into his second term, President Donald Trump’s disruptive approach to U.S. foreign policy is causing anxiety among U.S. allies. Europe is worried about Washington’s retreat from NATO; Ukraine is alarmed with the administration’s reversal on the war and embrace of Vladimir Putin;

had been killed by Hamas right after the Oct. 7, 2023, raids but made believe to be still alive so as to include him in the negotiations. Mantzur was a survivor of the Farhud massacre in Baghdad ...

Hamas will release the bodies of four more Israeli hostages Wednesday night, a spokesperson for the militant group said Wednesday.

Unlike previous hostage releases in the current cease-fire, their bodies were handed to Israel quietly, without a public ceremony.

Arab League states approved an Egyptian proposal for a phased reconstruction plan that would keep Palestinians in Gaza while excluding Hamas from governing.

With momentum on its side, Turkey is making a big diplomatic push in Iraq. That puts it on a potential collision course with Iran.

Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid arrived in Cairo on Monday to attend the Arab Summit, scheduled for Tuesday, which will focus on the “developments in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian territories,” according to a statement by the Iraqi presidency.