Sinjar Resistance Units
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Sinjar Resistance Units
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The Sinjar Resistance Units is a Yazidi militia formed in Iraq in 2007 to protect Yazidis in Iraq in the wake of attacks by Sunni Islamist insurgents. It is the second largest Yazidi militia, after the Êzîdxan Protection Force (HPÊ). However, it is much more active than the HPÊ in fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Together with its newly founded all-women offshoot, the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ), and the formerly Peshmerga-aligned HPŞ, in October 2015 it founded
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Yazidi militia formed in Iraq in 2007
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinjar_Resistance_Units
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2024-04-26T13:04:59Z
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