2019 Sinjar clashes
{{Short description|Skirmish between Iraq and PKK forces}}
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| date = 17 March{{Cite news|date=18 March 2019 |editor-last=Riva |editor-first=Nadia |title=Iraqi forces, Yezidi PKK-affiliated militia clash near Syrian border |url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/379154/Iraqi-forces,-Yezidi-PKK-affiliated-militia-clash-near-Syrian-border |access-date=29 September 2019 |website=Kurdistan 24}}{{Cite news |last=Badrani |first=Jamal |last2=Hassan |first2=Ghazwan |last3=Rasheed |first3=Ahmed |last4=Davison |first4=John |date=18 March 2019 |editor-last=Wallis |editor-first=Daniel |title=Two Iraqi soldiers killed in clashes with Kurdish PKK - military |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-idUSKCN1QY0XU |access-date=13 May 2025 |work=Reuters}} – 21 March 2019{{Cite news|date=21 March 2019 |editor-last=Riva |editor-first=Nadia |title=Sinjar tension cools as local Yezidi militia meet with Baghdad |url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/379191/Sinjar-tension-cools-as-local-Yezidi-militia-meet-with-Baghdad |access-date=29 September 2019 |website=Kurdistan 24}}
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| place = Sinjar District, Iraq
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| combatant2 = {{flagicon image|Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party.svg}} Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
{{flagicon image|Flag of YBŞ.svg|border=no}} Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ)
| result = Ceasefire
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| casualties1 = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Iraqi Ground Forces.svg}} 2 killed
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| casualties3 = Many injuries reported on both sides.
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The Sinjar clashes (2019) refer to a conflict that took place between the Iraqi Army and Kurdistan Workers' Party-affiliated forces in the Sinjar from 17 to 21 March 2019.
Clashes
Clashes between Iraqi forces and PKK-affiliated militants began in the Hasawik area of Sinun on 17 March 2019, where two Iraqi soldiers died and five YBŞ militants were wounded. The clashes broke out after the militants were denied passage through an army checkpoint and they then attempted to drive through it, driving into one soldier and shooting at the checkpoint.
The Anadolu Agency reported that additional clashes broke out on 19 March, leaving one Iraqi soldier dead.{{Cite news|last=Barakat |first=Mahmoud |date=19 March 2019 |title=Iraqi soldier killed in clashes with PKK terrorists |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iraqi-soldier-killed-in-clashes-with-pkk-terrorists/1422802 |access-date=20 March 2019 |publisher=Anadolu Agency}} The fatal clashes took place in Om Diban area, near the Iraq–Syria border, and injuries were reported on both sides in addition to the one death. In Bab Shilo area, Iraq deployed three brigades and demanded that the YBŞ evacuate the area. The YBŞ refused to withdraw and clashes subsequently broke out.{{Cite news |date=19 March 2019 |editor-last=Catherine |editor-first=John J. |title=Iraq deploys 3 army brigades to Sinjar, new clashes with Yezidi fighters affiliated to PKK |url=https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/379180/Iraq-deploys-3-army-brigades-to-Sinjar,-new-clashes-with-Yezidi-fighters-affiliated-to-PKK |access-date=20 March 2019 |website=Kurdistan 24}}
See also
References
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Category:Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)