Islamic State in Iraq free 350 Yazidis

The group of mainly elderly Yazidis crossed out of IS-controlled territory and were received by Kurdish officials near the city of Kirkuk.
It is not yet clear why militants released them.
IS attacked the Yazidi minority community in Iraq last year, killing and abducting thousands of people.
Almost all of those released on Saturday were elderly or unwell.

The group, including several sick infants, were taken directly by Kurdish Peshmerga forces to a health centre for treatment.
Khodr Domli, a leading Yazidi rights activist, was at the centre. "Some are wounded, some have disabilities and many are suffering from mental and psychological problems," he told the AFP news agency.
"These men and women had been held in Mosul," he added.