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| Military reinforcements brought to Sinjar following army-PKK clashes |
| 2022-04-20 |
| [SHAFAQ] Military reinforcements were brought to Sinjar district, following festivities that erupted between the army and forces loyal to the Kurdistan Workers party, YBS, a source reported. The source told Shafaq News agency that the west Nineveh command sent military reinforcement to Sinjar. Earlier today, festivities reportedly flared between a force from the Iraqi army and paramilitary groups loyal to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in the governorate of Nineveh. A source told Shafaq News Agency that an army force stationed in al-Qahtaniyah sub-district exchanged fire with members of the Yazid Khana group. Yazid Khana forces of Evil were deployed in the Khansur complex and blocked all the roads leading to it, except for the main road. Yesterday, Yazid Khana fighters withdrew from a military site in the district of Sinjar after fire exchange with the Iraqi army. According to a source, the festivities erupted when the PKK-aligned paramilitary group refused to evacuate a military site in the Dukuri complex, north of Sinjar. "A civilian, two Yazid Khana fighters, and an Iraqi soldier were maimed in the confrontations," the source said. |
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