[ 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).

Article: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-sinjar-yazidis-flee-offensive-armed-group

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