Sinjar Resistance Units

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The Sinjar Resistance Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şengalê; YBŞ) was a Yazidi militia formed in Sinjar, northern Iraq. It was formed in 2007 to protect Yazidis in the wake of the Qahtaniyah bombings. It was the second largest Yazidi militia, after the pro-KRG Êzîdxan Protection Force (HPÊ). However, it was much more active than the HPÊ in fighting against the Islamic State. Together with its newly founded all-women offshoot, the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ), and the Sinjar Protection Units (HPŞ), in October 2015 it founded the all-Yazidi joint command umbrella structure Sinjar Alliance. YBŞ and YJÊ are part of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) and work with the People's Defence Forces (HPG) of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Parts of the YBŞ eventually joined the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) as part of an initiative to integrate into the regular Iraqi Armed Forces; these elements were officially known as the 80th Regiment. The group was not fully interted into the security...

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