2022 Sinjar clashes explained

Conflict:	Sinjar clashes (2022)
Partof:	Operation Claw-Lock
Date:	May 1, 2022 - May 7, 2022
Place:	Sinjar District, Iraq
Combatant1:	Iraq----Supported by: Kurdistan Region^[1] ^[2] ^[3] Turkey^[4] ^[5]
Combatant2:	Popular Mobilization Forces Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) ----Supported by: Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Result:	Ceasefire PKK withdraws from central Sinjar^[6]
Casualties3:	3,000 displaced

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]}

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]

See also

• Sinjar clashes (2017)
• Sinjar clashes (2019)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Şafak . Yeni . YENISAFAK . 2022-05-02 . Yeni Şafak . en-EN.
2. Web site: هۆشیار زێباری: "یەبه‌شە رووکاری پەکەکەیە و پشتیوانی لە دەرکردنیان لە شنگال دەکەین". 2022-05-04. www.aa.com.tr.
3. Web site: Erdogan thanks Iraqi, Kurdish authorities for 'support' of anti-PKK operation. Chenar Chalak. Rudaw. 20 April 2022.
4. Web site: Erdogan thanks Iraqi, Kurdish authorities for 'support' of anti-PKK operation. Chenar Chalak. Rudaw. 20 April 2022.
5. Web site: Yazidis in Sinjar fear instability as Turkey pounds Iraqi Kurdistan region. 2022-05-03. english.alaraby.co.uk. en.
6. Web site: Calm takes hold as PKK terrorists leave Iraq's Sinjar . 2022-05-08 . anews.
7. Web site: Estimated 3,000 people flee armed clashes in northern Iraq . 2022-05-03 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
8. Web site: Yazidis flee 'once again' as Iraqi army launches offensive on Sinjar armed group . 2022-05-03 . Middle East Eye . en.
9. Web site: Yazidis in Sinjar fear instability as Turkey pounds Iraqi Kurdistan region . 2022-05-03 . english.alaraby.co.uk . en.
10. Web site: Yazidis in Sinjar fear instability as Turkey pounds Iraqi Kurdistan region. 2022-05-03. english.alaraby.co.uk. en.