Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar (2018)

Operation Tigris Shield
Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)
Date15 August 2018
Location
Snune, Sinjar, Iraqi Kurdistan
Result Assassination of İsmail Özden
Belligerents
 Turkey Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ)
Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK)
Commanders and leaders
Turkey Unknown İsmail Özden (Zaki Shingali)  †
Casualties and losses
Unknown 5 killed:
Ismail Ozden and 4 others.[1]
Wounded :
- Tel Ezeir (Harbo), a member of the Self-Administrative Council.
- Mazlum Shingal (Haval Mazlum), the YBŞ general commander in Shingal.

The August 15, 2018, Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar were two airstrikes on İsmail Özden, a leading member of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ).[2][1][3] Four others were killed in the airstrike.

  1. ^ a b Turkey strikes YBŞ vehicles in Shingal, killing local PKK leader, Rudaw English
  2. ^ Callimachi, Rukmini (16 August 2018), "Turkish Airstrike in Iraqi Territory Kills a Kurdish Militant Leader", The New York Times
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Anadolu0817 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).