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Clashes between Iraq and YBS forces From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sinjar clashes of 2022 were a conflict that began on May 1, when the Iraqi military, with support from Turkey and the Kurdistan Democratic Party, launched an operation to push the YBS militia of the Popular Mobilization Forces out of Sinjar.[7][8][9]
Sinjar clashes (2022) | |||||||
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Part of Operation Claw-Lock | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Supported by: Kurdistan Region[2][3][4]Turkey[5][6] |
Supported by: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
3,000 displaced |
After YBS rejected an Iraqi army request to evacuate a checkpoint in the area, the clashes began, and the main part of the clashes continued for an hour and injured two civilians, and displaced over 3,000.[10]
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