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Sinjar massacre

Sinjar massacre
Part of Iraqi Civil War (2014-2017), 2014 Northern Iraq offensive, the American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present) and the Yazidi genocide

Mount Sinjar
DateAugust 2014 (2014-08)
Location
Sinjar District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Result
  • ISIL captured Sinjar[13] and executed thousands of Yazidis and abducted thousands of Yazidi women and children[14][15]
  • YPG and PKK, supported by US and British airstrikes, evacuate the majority of the 50,000 Yazidis trapped on Mount Sinjar, 9–13 August
Belligerents

Supported by:

 Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Kurdistan Region Massoud Barzani
(Kurdistan Region)
Murat Karayilan
(PKK)
Iraq Maj. Gen. Majid Abdul Salam Ashour †[16]
(Iraqi Air Force)
Casualties and losses
  • 3,000 killed (approximately 12,000 Yazidis were killed or abducted by IS; per Yazda)[19][20]
  • 5,000 killed (per U.N.)[14]
  • 2,100 to 4,400 killed and 4,200 to 10,800 abducted (2017 Plos Medical survey)[15]
  • 500,000 displaced[21]

The Sinjar massacre (Kurdish: Komkujiya Şengalê) marked the beginning of the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL, the killing and abduction of thousands[14][15][22] of Yazidi men, women and children. It took place in August 2014 in Sinjar city and Sinjar District in Iraq's Nineveh Governorate and was perpetrated by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The massacre began with ISIL attacking and capturing Sinjar and neighboring towns on 3 August, during its Northern Iraq offensive.

On 8 August 2014, the United States and the United Kingdom responded with airstrikes on ISIL units and convoys in northern Iraq, which led to a military intervention from several countries against ISIL.

On 17 December 2014, the Kurdish Peshmerga, PKK and YPG forces started the December 2014 Sinjar offensive with the support of US and British airstrikes. This offensive broke ISIL's troop transport routes and supply lines between Mosul and Raqqa, the largest cities in the Islamic State at the time.

According to Noori Abdulrahman, the head of the Department of Coordination and Follow-up of the Kurdistan Regional Government, ISIL wanted to push most of the Kurds out of strategic areas and bring in Arabs who were obedient to ISIL.[23]

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  10. ^ "US troops land on Iraq's Mt Sinjar to plan for Yazidi evacuation". the guardian. 13 August 2014.
  11. ^ "SAS sent in to Iraq as US troops land on Mount Sinjar". The Daily Telegraph. 13 August 2014.
  12. ^ Australian Embassy, Iraq. "Media Release - Australian Prime Minister visits Baghdad". Quote: Australia has been active here in Iraq since August 2014: first, with humanitarian food drops in Mt Sinjar and elsewhere; second, with delivering weapons to those who are fighting against the Daesh death cult...
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference seize3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference 5,000 Yazidis executed by ISIL was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ a b c Cetorelli, Valeria (9 May 2017). "Mortality and kidnapping estimates for the Yazidi population in the area of Mount Sinjar, Iraq, in August 2014: A retrospective household survey". PLOS Medicine. 14 (5): e1002297. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002297. PMC 5423550. PMID 28486492.
  16. ^ Rubin, Alissa J. (16 August 2014). "On a Helicopter, Going Down: Inside a Lethal Crash in Iraq". The New York Times.
  17. ^ "Military Skill and Terrorist Technique Fuel Success of ISIS". New York Times. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  18. ^ Paul Cruickshank (29 January 2020). "UN report warns ISIS is reasserting under new leader believed to be behind Yazidi genocide". CNN. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  19. ^ "Yazda Statement: Commemorating the Fourth Anniversary of the Yazidi Genocide". Yazda.
  20. ^ "The Yazidi Refugee Crisis" (PDF). Yazda.
  21. ^ "COI Note on the Situation of Yazidi IDPs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq" (PDF). UNHCR.
  22. ^ Cite error: The named reference CNN7Aug was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  23. ^ "Kurdish official: ISIS Capture of Shingal 'was part of Arabization campaign. Rudaw.net, 29 December 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2015.

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