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Yazidis left out in cold following Iraqi deal to remove armed groups from Sinjar


Published date: 16 October 2020 11:45 UTC
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Last update: 5 months 2 weeks ago
All armed groups will be expelled from the contested Sinjar region of Iraq following a historic deal between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
The agreement, which was signed on 9 October, is set to normalise security and governance in Sinjar and establish a new force to police the northwestern region, which is still recovering from the 2014 onslaught by the Islamic State group.
The primary aim is to end the presence of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and its affiliated armed groups in Sinjar.
The PKK, along with its Yazidi affiliate the Shingal Resistance Unit (YBS), were instrumental in driving out IS in 2014, but have remained in control of much of the region since. ....

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