[ IRAQ – Sinjar ] Iraqi military launched operation against PKK-linked Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS)

On Sunday evening, heavy fighting erupted between the Iraqi army and the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) – an armed group composed of members of the Yazidi religious minority who largely live in Sinjar – near Dugri. On Monday the fighting also spread to the town of Sinune.

The clashes have seen Sinjar residents once again displaced from their homes. A Kurdish official told the Kurdistan 24 news website that around 200 families had been displaced by the fighting and were on their way to neighbouring Duhok, a province controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

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ÊzîdîPress on Twitter: “The Iraqi Army’s ninth armored division has entered #Shingal following heavy fighting between the Iraqi Army & the YBŞ. Fierce fighting is currently underway in the north of the region, with the Iraqi army attacking YBŞ checkpoints from the ground and from the air.#Sinjar #Iraq pic.twitter.com/rT0c1ypmAU / Twitter”

The Iraqi Army’s ninth armored division has entered #Shingal following heavy fighting between the Iraqi Army & the YBŞ. Fierce fighting is currently underway in the north of the region, with the Iraqi army attacking YBŞ checkpoints from the ground and from the air.#Sinjar #Iraq pic.twitter.com/rT0c1ypmAU

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[ IRAQ – Sinjar ] Iraqi military launched operation against PKK-linked Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS)

On Sunday evening, heavy fighting erupted between the Iraqi army and the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) – an armed group composed of members of the Yazidi rel…