He said that on Monday, "Iraqi security forces attacked the local militia with heavy weapons. "It was an unbelievable nightmare," 34-year-old Murad Shangali from Sinjar told DW.
According to news agency AFP , the number of Yazidi refugees could be as high as 10,000 people. In the following days, there was heavy fighting and at least one Iraqi soldier and a dozen Yazidi fighters were killed.Ībout 1,000 Yazidi families decided to flee and seek refuge in camps in the surrounding Nineveh region. On Monday, the Iraqi military launched an offensive against the Yazidi militia 'Sinjar Resistance Unit' (YBS).
The region of Sinjar, home to the ethno-religious Yazidi minority in Iraq, has seen fresh fighting, more refugees and a new attempt at peace.
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