The Filipino nurses had to work for ISIS before being freed by Misrata-led forces last year

The Filipino nurses, who were rescued by Misrata-led forces during Sirte battle against ISIS last year, have been repatriated from Libya to the Philippines.

Libyan Foreign Ministry handed over seven women, one man and a 10-month-old child to an envoy from the Government of the Philippines in Tripoli on Monday.

The Filipino nurses were working in Sirte when the radical group of ISIS took over the city in early 2015.

The freed nurses were interrogated by Libyan authorities to make sure they had no links to ISIS.

The Filipino envoy thanked Libyan authorities for freeing his nationals from the grip of ISIS.

One of the freed nurses told reporters that she and her friends had been forced to treat ISIS militants and give them medical training.

She said ISIS had arrested them when they took over the city and then freed them after discovering they were Muslim nurses.

“They forced us to work as nurses in their hospital and we had to train ISIS militants on emergency care and nursing course," the nurse said.

Libya regained control of the coastal city of Sirte in December 2016 after being controlled by ISIS militants for about two years.