SINJAR,— The Kurdish Yazidi armed group of Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şengalê‎ (YBŞ), which is affiliated with Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) said in a statement that they will protect the Yazidis in Iraq’s Sinar area from Turkey and Barzani’s forces.

A statement by the Sinjar Council on Monday said “Turkey and its ally Massoud Barzani have in the last weeks threatened to attack Sinjar. We as Yazidi’s are baffled that they want to attack the survivors of a genocide.

At the same time we declare that we will defend ourselves this time against any attack. We as YBS and YJS will fight against any force that attacks us.

Turkey has no right to attack a minority in another country. The KDP Peshmerga have no right to attack us as Sinjar is not part of the Kurdistan Regional Government KRG but falls under the jurisdiction of Baghdad. We remind the world that the KDP Peshmerga fled when we were attacked by Islamic State IS/ISIS.

If there is any political problem we call on the US and Baghdad to work with us to solve that problem in a political and peaceful way.

We call on the US, International Coalition against ISIS and the government of Iraq as well as the EU and UN not to allow another attack at the Yazidi’s. Such an attack will be extremely detrimental for the efforts to defeat ISIS.

All the world has recognised the IS atrocities against us as genocide and we call on the international community to remember this recent past and prevent it from happening again.” the statement concluded.

The Sinjar Council include Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) and Sinjar Women’s Units (YJS).

The political wing of the PKK, Communities in Kurdistan (KCK), accused the Turkish government on Monday of provoking tensions between Baghdad and the Kurdistan Region, saying the group’s presence in Sinjar “is not Turkey’s issue.”

“The lingering of the PKK in Sinjar is not by any means related to Turkey, rather it is an internal matter and related to Iraq’s sovereignty,” KCK spokesman Sarhad Varto said.

Turkish PM Yildirim arrived in Iraqi Kurdistan early on Sunday after meeting with the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in Baghdad.

Speaking at a joint press conference alongside Massoud Barzani, Yildirim said on Sunday that his country would not accept the PKK staying in Sinjar, or spreading to other areas of Iraq.

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