BAGHDAD: A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in Iraq are to be freed, one of them told AFP Friday, in a rare piece of positive news in a crisis threatening "Syria-like chaos".
The nurses, who were working at a hospital in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit when a swift jihadist-led offensive began last month, are currently being held in the militant-held city of Mosul.
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