'Hung by my wrists and beaten': Israeli-Russian woman says Iraqi militants tortured her in captivity

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An Israeli-Russian woman held captive for two and a half years by militants in Iraq has told the BBC how she invented "confessions" to try to get her captors to stop torturing her. Elizabeth Tsurkov, who was freed in September, says she suffered extreme abuse for 100 days, leaving her physically and mentally scarred. Warning: This article contains distressing content including descriptions of torture "My health is not great," Ms Tsurkov says. The interview she gave to BBC Newshour was conducted