Sinjar clashes (2017)

Sinjar clashes (2017)
	Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017), and the spillover of the Syrian civil war
	; Fallow terrace fields in the Sinjar Mountains
Date	3 March 2017; (1 day)
Location	Khanasor, Nineveh Province, Iraq
Result	Ceasefire
Belligerents
Kurdish National Council (KNC); Supported by:; Kurdistan Democratic Party	Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ); Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ); PKK
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Zardasht Shingali; (YBŞ commander); Rosyar Vejin; (YJÊ commander)
Units involved
Rojava Peshmerga	YBŞ Asayîşa Êzîdxanê; PKK HPG;
Strength
~500 fighters, 30 Humvees (YBŞ claim)	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown number killed, ~12 wounded (local reports); "Dozens" killed, "dozens" surrendered, 4 captured (pro-PKK claim)	5 killed, 20 wounded, 5 captured; 2 killed
	Several civilians killed

The Sinjar clashes of 3 March 2017 occurred between pro-PKK forces, namely the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) and the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ), and the Rojava Peshmerga that serve as the Kurdish National Council's paramilitary wing. After KNC forces entered the town of Khanasor in the Iraqi Sinjar Mountains, fighting boke out among unclear circumstances, resulting in dozens of casualties.

The clashes have widely been seen as symptomatic for the high tensions among the forces that fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) around Sinjar, and the risk that these tensions could escalate into turf wars, which would degrade any attempts to drive the extremist group from the region for good.

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