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    or HPŞ (Kurdish: Hêza Parastina Şingal), also translated as Sinjar Defense Units or Sinjar Protection Force, until November 2015, when it changed its name...
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    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...
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    The Sinjar Resistance Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şengalê; YBŞ) is a Yazidi militia formed in Iraq in 2007 to protect Yazidis in Iraq in the...
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    militia Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ), the YJÊ was founded on 5 January 2015 under the original name of Yekîneyên Parastina Jin ê Şengalê (Kurdish: Sinjar Women’s...
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    The Sinjar massacre (Kurdish: Komkujiya Şengalê) marked the beginning of the genocide of Yazidis by ISIL, the killing and abduction of thousands of Yazidi...
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    The Yazidi population has since created its own self defense force, the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ). The YPJ relies on local communities for supplies...
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  • Ezidkhan'), are the police force in the regions controlled by the Sinjar Resistance Units, which is backed by the PKK. The force aims to protect the rights...
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    The November Sinjar offensive was a combination of operations of Kurdish Peshmerga, PKK, and Yezidi Kurd militias in November 2015, to recapture the city...
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    People's Defense Units and the Kurdistan Workers' Party jointly formed a humanitarian corridor to evacuate the rest of the Yazidi refugees from the Sinjar Mountains...
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    The People's Defense Units (YPG), also called People's Protection Units, is a Kurdish militant group in Syria and the primary component of the Syrian Democratic...
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    The Sinjar clashes of 3 March 2017 occurred between pro-PKK forces, namely the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) and the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ), and the...
    17 KB (1,537 words) - 07:56, 25 April 2024
  • 2021 Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar were several airstrikes on Sinjar District which targeted the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) fighters including Seîd...
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  • Special Forces of Êzîdxan (category Sinjar Alliance)
    professionalized Yazidi paramilitary group recruited from Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) and Sinjar Women’s Units (YJŞ). It was established in 2016 to handle special...
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  • invited and embedded with Peshmerga units across the fronts in preparation for this offensive. A hash tag, #FreeSinjar, was preplanned as part of the operation...
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    Ghost soldiers Falcons (anti-terrorism unit) Blowback (intelligence) Syrian Civil War 2014 Sinjar offensive Sinjar massacre Yazidi genocide Battle for Mosul...
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    of Defense. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014. "Airstrikes kill ISIS fighters in Iraq, officials say". CNN. Retrieved 18 August 2014. "Sinjar Exodus:...
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    Sean MacFarland (category Recipients of the Defense Superior Service Medal)
    Friedberg, Germany and in Iraq, where the Ready First fought in Tal Afar, Sinjar, Hit and Ramadi. Most recently, he was Commanding General of Fort Bliss...
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  • Wagner Group (category Military units and formations of Russia in the Russian invasion of Ukraine)
    armed rebellion against Russia after accusing the Defense Ministry of shelling Wagner soldiers. Wagner units seized the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, while...
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    Peshmerga (category Military units and formations established in the 1920s)
    Sinjar". Reuters. Retrieved March 20, 2015. "Mosul Christians form army under Peshmerga direction". Rudaw. Retrieved March 20, 2015. "Iraqi Defense Ministry...
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  • State in the district of Sinjar in Iraq's province of Nineveh, to rescue 35,000 Yazidis in the Sinjar Mountains after the Sinjar massacre. the Islamic State...
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