Sinjar Resistance Units
| Sinjar Resistance Units | |
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Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şengalê (YBŞ) Participant in Iraq War, Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) |
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Flag of YBŞ
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| Active | 2007–present |
| Ideology | Yazidi regionalism |
| Leaders |
Sheikh Khairy Khedr † Mazlum Shengal |
| Headquarters | Sinjar, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq |
| Strength | 1,500 |
| Part of | Sinjar Alliance |
| Originated as | Malik Al-Tawus |
| Allies |
 Kurdistan Workers' Party Sinjar Women's Units Protection Force of Sinjar People's Protection Units Women's Protection Units
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| Opponents |
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| Battles and wars | |
Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)
The Sinjar Resistance Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şengalê; YBŞ), formerly called King Peacock (Arabic: Malik Al-Tawus), is a non-political Yazidi militia formed in Iraq in 2007 to protect the Yazidi community in Iraq in the wake of attacks by Iraqi insurgents. It is the second largest Yazidi militia, after the Protection Force of Sinjar (HPŞ). However, it is much more active than the HPŞ in fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Together with its newly founded all-women offshoot, the Êzidxan Women's Units (YJÊ), and the formerly Peshmerga-aligned HPŞ, in October 2015 it founded the all-Yazidi joint commando umbrella structure Sinjar Alliance. YBŞ and YJÊ consider themselves under the umbrella of the Kurdistan Communities Union (KCK) and are operating in concert with Sunni Arab Shammar tribal militias and People's Defence Forces (HPG) of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
The Sinjar Resistance Units took part in the August 2014 Northern Iraq offensive, killing at least 22 ISIS fighters and destroying 5 armoured vehicles in the vicinity of the Sinjar Mountains.
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