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39 Indian nationals were kidnapped by Islamic militants from the war-torn Iraqi town of Mosul last year.
There are fears that Islamist extremists could also destroy the ancient city of Hatra, south of Mosul.
The Iraqi military says it has "liberated" a number of villages 22km south of Tikrit.
Minorities in Iraq have been targeted by ISIL in a systematic strategy to remove them permanently from large areas of Iraq, human rights have said.
King Abdullah II has told his country's media that Jordan will fight to the 'last man and bullet' in its mission to destroy ISIL.
The UN says that ISIL has executed "scores" of people in Iraq and Syria in the past few weeks.
The group appears to be trying to capture as much territory as possible to form an Islamic state.
Throughout March and April, ISIL-affiliated Twitter accounts circulated horrifying images of beheaded locals and fighters atop buildings in various cities.
The Indian Foreign Minister has told the country’s lawmakers the government is trying to ascertain the facts.
Earlier last month, the US and Russia announced an agreement to share intelligence on the armed rebel group.
