Iraqi forces are trying to take back towns and cities seized by Sunni rebels
A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in fighting engulfing parts of Iraq have been freed, Indian authorities say.
The nurses have been handed over to Indian officials in the Kurdish city of Irbil and are due to be flown home on Saturday.
The nurses were working at a hospital in the northern city of Tikrit and had been stranded there for more than week.
Tikrit is among a number of towns and cities seized by jihadist-led Sunni rebels in recent weeks.
