PKK disarmament sparks hope for Sinjar return, but deep challenges persist

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has officially begun disarmament following a call from its leader Abdullah Ocalan, raising hopes for the return of displaced Yazidis to Sinjar. However, Iraqi lawmakers and security experts caution that the move, while symbolic, is not enough to solve the crisis.

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Security, financial issues halt Sinjar return process for Yazidi IDPs

The relocating of Yazidi people who were forced to flee their native Sinjar during the Islamic State (ISIS) territorial take over of large parts of Iraq has met with myriad complications, with those involved bemoaning a lack of financial support for the initiative.

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Iraqi army to withdraw from Sinjar city center after agreement with YBS: Official

The agreement comes after amid days of tensions between the two sides

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Iraqi army clashes with PKK-affiliated group in Sinjar, injuries reported

The skirmish occurred after members of the the Shingal Resistance Units (YBS), an all-Yazidi PKK-affiliated group "kidnapped a citizen in Sinjar district,” the Joint Operations Command said in a statement. 

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Swedish woman sentenced to 12 years for keeping Yazidi women, children as slaves

A Swedish citizen by the name of Lina Ishaq kept Yazidi women "imprisoned and treated them as her property by holding them as slaves for a period of, in most cases, five months.”

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Human remains believed killed by ISIS found inside water tank in Sinjar: Watchdog

The Petrichor Organization for Human Rights announced the remains are believed to be the victims of the Islamic State (ISIS) massacre in August 2014. 

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Iraqi census reveals Shekhan woman as world’s oldest living human

Rawshe Qasim was born in 1887 and has lived through three different centuries

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Over 500 Yazidis return to hometown Sinjar from Duhok camps: Ministry

Since Tuesday, around 900 Yazidis have returned to their hometown Sinjar from IDP camps in Duhok province, according to Evan Faeq, Iraq’s Migration and Displaced minister.

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Over 360 Yazidi IDPs return to heartland Sinjar after ten years of displacement at ISIS hands

Evan Faeq, Iraq’s minister of Migration and Displaced announced on Tuesday that over 360 Yazidi IDPs returned to Sinjar following coordination with "the relevant institutions of the Kurdistan Regional Government and officials from Duhok province’s administrative units, and with the help of the International Organization of Migration (IOM)."

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