2022 Sinjar clashes

Sinjar clashes (2022)
Part of Operation Claw-Lock
DateMay 1, 2022 - May 7, 2022
Location
Sinjar District, Iraq
Result
  • Ceasefire
PKK withdraws from central Sinjar[6]
Belligerents

 Iraq

Supported by:

Kurdistan Region[1][2][3]
 Turkey[4][5]

Popular Mobilization Forces

Supported by:

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK)
Casualties and losses
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]

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  4. ^ Chenar Chalak (20 April 2022). "Erdogan thanks Iraqi, Kurdish authorities for 'support' of anti-PKK operation". Rudaw.
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