The Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a Yazidi armed group with links to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), has agreed to disarm and integrate eligible members into Iraq’s security forces as Baghdad seeks to stabilize Sinjar and facilitate the return of displaced Yazidis. The agreement comes amid broader efforts to disarm Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and parallels integration processes involving the Syrian Democratic Forces in Syria.

Female Yazidi captives forced to give blood to wounded Islamist fighters: survivor
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Kurdish men on a mission to save IS captives
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Islamic State book burnings target minorities
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Girls tried to commit suicide: Former ISIS captive
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Islamic State: ‘Traumatised’ Yazidi women attempting suicide after being sold as ‘sex slaves’, Amnesty International says
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Yazidis cheer Kurds on Iraqi mountain for breaking Islamic State siege
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Iraqi Diyala residents face ISIS ‘water war’
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UN: More reports of children crucified, beheaded and stoned to death by Islamic State
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Iraqi Kurdish troops open corridor to Sinjar
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One ISIS thug suspected of killing 150 girls, women
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Yazidi Girls Seized by ISIS Speak Out After Escape
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Islamic State: Diary of life in Mosul
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United Nations Cites ISIS Genocide Threat
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IS jihadists boast of enslaving Yazidis
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Inside Islamic State: Sex slaves, child fighters, mass executions
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Smugglers, Kurdish militants help Yazidis escape to Turkey
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UN Rights Chief Accuses IS Jihadists of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
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Yazidi man: I walked out of an ISIS prison
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Scholars call for Christian safe haven in Iraq
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Exclusive: Kurdish fighters protect Yazidis fleeing IS terror campaign
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Plight of Iraqi Minorities Worsens With Forced Conversions and Killings
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‘Barbaric’ sexual violence perpetrated by Islamic State militants in Iraq – UN
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Despite US Claims, Yazidis Say Crisis Is Not Over
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Syrian Kurdish fighters rescue stranded Yazidis
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Exclusive: Iraq says Islamic State killed 500 Yazidis, buried some victims alive
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