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| Iraq |
| Peshmerga says PKK has not left Sinjar, raising tensions with Iraqi forces |
| 2018-04-01 |
| [ALMASDARNEWS] A representative of the Peshmerga, the Kurdish military forces in Iraqi Kurdistan, told Sputnik that claims by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) about having retreated from Sinjar were actually a ruse. In Iraq, the issue of the PKK leaving Sinjar is still on the agenda. A number of key political and military figures, including an Iraqi army front man, an al-Hashd al-Sha’abi militia representative, and Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Ibadi, have said that the PKK has completely retreated from the Sinjar region near the northern border of Iraq, with government forces and Peshmerga units taking their place. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... Xelil Shirvan, a Peshmerga representative in Sinjar, told Sputnik that the PKK has not, in fact, leave the area. "The PKK leadership claimed it left Sinjar, but in reality it is not so. They made this statement to confuse the citizens of Sinjar and prevent a He also underscored that there are rising tensions between Iraqi government forces located in Sinjar and several Peshmerga units. "There are rising tensions between the Iraqi army and units under the command of Kasim Shisho, the commander of the Peshmerga in Sinjar. The Iraqi army intended to take Sherefedin ‐ a major center of the Yazidi population in Sinjar. However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... Peshmerga forces under Shisho’s command stood up against it and stated their readiness to protect Sherefedin. This was the reason for rising tensions," he said. |
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