Promised wages by Iraq rebels, Indian nurses to stay in Tikrit

June 19, 2014 11:14

Hours after sending an SOS to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure their safe return to India, 46 nurses from Kerala trapped in a hospital in the northern Iraq city of Tikrit on Wednesday evening said they had agreed to continue to work there after fighters from militant group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), assured them they would be paid their salaries and dues. Read more

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