Tag Archives: Sinjar

The process of uncovering mass graves in the Sinjar district, containing the remains of Yazidi victims brutally killed by ISIS terrorists in 2014, is ongoing. Nechirvan Hussein, spokesperson for the Investigation and Evidence Gathering Agency of the Kurdistan Regional Government, stated that “the Iraqi National Team, in collaboration with the …

The Iraqi army aviation bombarded a communication center for the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)  in Sinjar district, a security source reported. The source told Alghadeer news that the operation was carried out based on accurate intelligence information. Earlier today, two YBS snipers were killed in an airstrike of the Iraqi …

A new bout of fire exchange erupted in the district of Sinjar which has been the battlefield of ongoing confrontations between the Iraqi army and forces aligned with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). A source told Alghadeer News that the clashes took place near the Hetteen compound when the Iraqi …

Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces, Also known as “Al-Hashed al-Shaabi” mourned today a commander who was martyred in a Turkish bombardment in Mosul. The PMF said in a statement on its official website that the Sinjar Protection Forces’ military official, Saeed Hussein, died as a result of the Turkish bombardment in …

A huge fire on Friday broke out in Shariya Camp of Duhok province, Northern Iraq where thousands of Yazidi IDPs live. According to the preliminary reports, more than 400 tents have so far burned and the firefighters are still working to extinguish the blaze. Local medical authorities said at least …

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi vowed to seriously search for the Kidnapped Yezidis and turn it into an international effort to return them to their families. “Al-Kadhimi received a delegation of Yezidi survivors from Sinjar district, the village of Kuju and the surrounding areas,” PM’s office said in a statement …

Al-Fateh Parliamentary bloc condemned the attack on the city of Sinjar and called on the government and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to register an official complaint with the United Nations, the Security Council, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation regarding repeated Turkish abuses. The Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) …

More than a dozen families from the Izadi minority group have repatriated to Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, after four years of displacement caused by the Daesh terrorist group’s occupation of their homeland and brutal atrocities committed against them. The media department of the Iraqi security forces said in a …

At least three members of Iraq’s security forces and one civilian were killed on Saturday in three separate attacks by terrorists, security sources said. An army officer and soldier were killed when an explosive went off inside a house they were de-mining in the Sinjar district west of Mosul, and …

Five years ago on this day, the Islamic State (IS) terrorists carried out a barbaric attack on the Iraqi Yazidis’ hometown of Sinjar where they killed thousands of civilians and kidnapped several thousands more. The extremist group labeled the Yazidis as “infidels” to justify its horrific massacre in Sinjar. According …