Sinjar Alliance | |
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Fermandariya Hevbeş a Şengalê | |
Dates of operation | October 2015–present |
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Headquarters | Sinjar, Iraq |
Allies | Kurdistan Workers' Party |
Opponents | Turkey Syrian National Army Islamic State |
Battles and wars | War in Iraq (2013–2017) Syrian Civil War |
The Ezidkhan Command for Liberating Sinjar (Kurdish: Fermandariya Êzîdxana Ji Bo Rizgariya Şengalê), known as the Sinjar Alliance (Kurdish: Fermandariya Hevbeş a Şengalê, i.e. Sinjar Joint Command), is a joint command of two - initially three - Yazidi militias, the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ), and the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ). Both of the remaining two militias are supported by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).[2]
The alliance was originally created in October 2015,[3] after the August 2014 Sinjar massacre,[4] and included the Êzîdxan Protection Force (HPŞ), which in fact provided the largest contingent of fighters (claiming at the time of the operation 5,000 fighters, including about 400 women).[5] However, the HPŞ left the alliance in early 2017 due to ideological differences with the PKK-backed YBŞ and YJÊ.[6] The Alliance aims to establish democratic confederalism in a Yazidi autonomous region in Sinjar.
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