PKK-linked Yazidi militia units to disarm and join Iraq’s army in push to control weapons
The deal covers 4,165 fighters and ends the group’s separate military status as Baghdad seeks tighter control over armed factions.
- On Monday, Iraqi armed forces spokesman Sabah Al-Numan announced that the Sinjar Resistance Units will dissolve their independent military status, with 4,165 fighters integrating into official state security institutions.
- Formed following the 2014 Islamic State genocide against the Yazidi community, the YBS gained prominence defending Sinjar, though ties to the Kurdistan Workers' Party have long concerned Turkey.
- YBS leadership stated the agreement covers 4,165 fighters, noting the group lost 530 members during years of resistance and describing the transition as "not closing the book on our history."
- Al-Numan pledged that Iraq will protect Yazidis' rights, compensate victims' families, and support Sinjar's reconstruction, addressing the plight of over 110,000 residents still displaced after nearly 12 years.
- This move aligns with the 2020 Sinjar Agreement to centralize state authority, though powerful Iran-backed militias have refused to surrender weapons, citing anticipated regional escalations between Iran and the U.S.
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Independent EspañolBAGDAD (AP) — A Yazidi militia in northern Iraq will lay down their weapons and join the country's army, the government said Monday.
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters have begun withdrawing from the Iraqi town of Sinjar, and control of the area has been taken over by Iraqi security forces. The process of integrating nearly 4,000 fighters, including women, into the Iraqi security forces begins today. The information was announced by the Iraqi Prime Minister's spokesman, Sabah al-Numan, to the Iraqi News Agency and was quoted by the Anadolu Agency. According to him, w…
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The Seattle TimesPKK-linked Yazidi militia units to disarm and join Iraq’s army in push to control weapons
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s government said Monday that a Yazidi armed group in the northern district of Sinjar would be dissolved and its fighters would join the country’s official security forces. The agreement comes as authorities seek to bring weapons under state control despite opposition from some of the country’s most powerful militias, and amid...
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PKK-linked Yazidi militia units to disarm and join Iraq's army in push to control weapons
Iraq said the Sinjar Resistance Units, a Yazidi armed group, would dissolve and its fighters would join official security forces.
Iraqi spokesman says move will transfer security responsibility for Sinjar Mountain to federal authorities as part of efforts to bring all weapons under state control
Iraqi security forces have taken over some military posts from the so-called “Shangal Resistance Units” (YBH), an extension of the terrorist organization PKK in Sinjar.
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