2022 Sinjar clashes

{{Short description|Clashes between Iraq and YBS forces}}

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| conflict = Sinjar clashes (2022)

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| partof = Operation Claw-Lock

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| date = May 1, 2022 – May 7, 2022

| place = Sinjar District, Iraq

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| combatant1 = {{flag|Iraq}}

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Supported by:

{{flagdeco|Kurdistan}} Kurdistan Region{{Cite web |last=Şafak |first=Yeni |title=YENISAFAK |url=https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/picture-of-terrorist-pkk-leader-removed-in-iraqs-sinjar-3589347 |access-date=2022-05-02 |website=Yeni Şafak |language=en-EN}}{{Cite web|title=هۆشیار زێباری: "یەبه‌شە رووکاری پەکەکەیە و پشتیوانی لە دەرکردنیان لە شنگال دەکەین"|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/ks/عێراق/هۆشیار-زێباری-یەبه-شە-رووکاری-پەکەکەیە-و-پشتیوانی-لە-دەرکردنیان-لە-شنگال-دەکەین/2579045|access-date=2022-05-04|website=www.aa.com.tr}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/20042022|title=Erdogan thanks Iraqi, Kurdish authorities for 'support' of anti-PKK operation|author=Chenar Chalak|publisher=Rudaw|date=20 April 2022}}
{{flag|Turkey}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/20042022|title=Erdogan thanks Iraqi, Kurdish authorities for 'support' of anti-PKK operation|author=Chenar Chalak|publisher=Rudaw|date=20 April 2022}}{{Cite web|title=Yazidis in Sinjar fear instability as Turkey pounds Iraqi Kurdistan region|url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/sinjar-residents-fear-escalation-after-iraqi-army-ybs-fight?amp=1|access-date=2022-05-03|website=english.alaraby.co.uk|language=en}}

| combatant2 = Popular Mobilization Forces

• {{flagicon image|Flag of YBŞ.svg|border=no}} Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ)

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Supported by:

{{flagicon image|Flag of Kurdistan Workers' Party.svg}} Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)

| result = *Ceasefire

YBŞ withdraws from central Sinjar

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| casualties3 = 3,000 displaced

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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.{{Cite web |title=Estimated 3,000 people flee armed clashes in northern Iraq |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/5/2/thousands-flee-after-clashes-erupt-in-iraqis-sinjar-2 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Yazidis flee 'once again' as Iraqi army launches offensive on Sinjar armed group |url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-sinjar-yazidis-flee-offensive-armed-group |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Yazidis in Sinjar fear instability as Turkey pounds Iraqi Kurdistan region |url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/sinjar-residents-fear-escalation-after-iraqi-army-ybs-fight?amp=1 |access-date=2022-05-03 |website=english.alaraby.co.uk |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web|title=Yazidis in Sinjar fear instability as Turkey pounds Iraqi Kurdistan region|url=https://english.alaraby.co.uk/news/sinjar-residents-fear-escalation-after-iraqi-army-ybs-fight?amp=1|access-date=2022-05-03|website=english.alaraby.co.uk|language=en}}