Sinjar Alliance
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An unofficial flag used by some Yazidis
A flag used by the Yazidi militia HPÊ
The Sinjar Alliance is an umbrella organization of three Yazidi militias: the Protection Force of Sinjar, the Sinjar Resistance Units, and the Êzidxan Women's Units. The last two militias are linked to the PKK.
The alliance was created in November 2015 and aims to establish democratic confederalism and a Yazidi autonomous region within the Kurdish Regional Government. There are tensions between the Sinjar Alliance and the Kurdish Regional Government because the president of Iraqi Kurdistan, Masoud Barzani aims to control all of Sinjar and demands the withdrawal of PKK-linked militias.[1]
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