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The Anadolu Agency (AA) oversaw the camps and areas of political activity of the terrorist organization PKK, which has been active in the Sinjar district of Mosul for 6 years and has been involved in military and political activities.
In the agreement signed between the Iraqi government and the Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) on October 9, the clause to end the presence of the terrorist organization PKK in Sinjar put the presence of the organization on the agenda again in the region. AA, upon viewing the PKK terrorist organization camps in Sinjar, revealed that the organization’s presence in the region continues.
According to images taken by AA reporter Sinjar, where the PKK and its local militias are located, they have training camps, so-called popular assemblies and checkpoints.
In the images, members of the organization and supporters protest against the Sinjar agreement, which plans to end the presence of the PKK in the region. It is seen that during the demonstration photographs of the leader of the terrorist organization Abdullah Öcalan were taken.
A camp set up to recruit Yazidis in Sinjar, the weapons ceremony held during that time is highlighted. Also, there are observation towers built around the camp.
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At the same time, it is noted that the organization, which also exercises security in Sinjar, can comfortably patrol with vans marked “Asayish”.
Apart from the camps where their children are recruited despite all the calls from the Ezidis, the so-called popular assemblies belonging to the organization are also used for political organization.
The members of the organization hold the “Hanesur People’s Assembly” in the village of Hanesur, near the Syrian border in the center of the Sinjar district. The parliament in question does not have any form of representation and operates only for the organization of the Yazidis.
The images clearly show that the PKK moved without encountering obstacles in Sinjar.
SINCAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN BAGDAD AND ERBIL
It was announced that at the meeting held in the capital Baghdad on October 9, an agreement was reached on the solution of the problems in Sinjar, known as one of the regions with disputed status between Baghdad and Erbil and where the terrorist organization PKK is present. .
The meeting, chaired by Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kazimi, was attended by the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Iraq, Jeanine Hennis, the KRG delegation and representatives of the Yazidi community.
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“Under the auspices of Prime Minister Kazimi, a historic agreement in administrative and security terms was signed to strengthen government control in Sinjar and break the power of foreign groups (the terrorist organization PKK),” said the prime minister’s spokesman. Iraqi Ahmed Molla Talal after the meeting. used expressions.
According to the text of the agreement reached by the AA correspondent, the presence of the terrorist organization PKK in the region will be terminated. A joint committee between Baghdad and the KRG will be established to review and rebuild the administrative and security management of Sinjar.
ORGANIZATION SPOKEN TO THE REGION EXPRESSING DAESH
The terrorist organization PKK settled in Sinjar and its surroundings using DAESH as an excuse. The terrorist organization DAESH, which attacked the Sinjar district, where Yazidis lived predominantly, on August 3, 2014, abducted and killed thousands of people, including women and children, or detained them in the areas it occupied.
Peshmerga forces, which seized the center of Sinjar district and its surroundings from the terrorist organization DAESH in November 2015, withdrew from the region after Iraqi central government forces deployed to Sinjar in October 2017. The PKK It was also deployed in the region, using as an excuse the DAESH attack on Sinjar in 2014.
While an estimated 300,000 people lived in Sinjar, which is about 120 kilometers from the center of Mosul city, before Daesh, two-thirds of this population were Yazidis and the other part were Sunni Kurds and Arabs. After 2014, the PKK, with the militants it brought from Syria and Qandil, established camps and began to exist in many regions, especially on Mount Sinjar.
Sinjar deployed by the PKK, in addition to being very close to the Syrian border at the same time, is also very close to Turkey. The terrain of the Syria region is easily accessible and due to the lack of an available land route to the steep border with Turkey.
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The terrorist organization could cross the border with the vehicles it brought from Syria, as well as arbitrarily set up checkpoints on many roads.
BECAUSE OF THE PKK, THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, THE CRUSHES CANNOT RETURN HOME
After the attack, including Dease KRG, the first of many to leave their homes and was left at a rate under Ezidis, Turkey was also forced to flee to Syria. After DAESH occupied the district for about 15 months, the region was fully controlled in November 2015.
Despite the Peshmerga forces maintaining control of Sinjar, many Yazidi terrorist organizations were unable to return home as they were caught by the PKK. Ezidis, stating that the PKK is an obstacle to the reconstruction of Sinjar, calls on the organization to immediately withdraw from Sinjar at every opportunity.
KRG officials, on the other hand, have criticized that the Yazidis were unable to return to their homes due to the PKK’s presence in the region and that the reconstruction of the region was prevented.
Mir İsmet Tahsin Beg, the deputy of the spiritual leader of the Ezidis, told Anadolu Agency (AA) on September 3 that the PKK terrorist organization is not wanted in the Sinjar district of Mosul and that the organization should leave the region.
In a written statement on August 29, Sinjar district governor Mehma Halil stated that the PKK was holding Yazidis in secret prisons.
In a written statement on August 3, KRG Chairman Nechirvan Barzani hinted at the PKK’s presence in Sinjar, saying: “Shengal (Sinjar) has become a base for illegal armed groups who want to achieve their political goals without having take into account the suffering of the Yazidis. ” used expressions.
The Ezidis in Sinjar organized actions at different intervals for the presence of the PKK in their regions and the release of their kidnapped children, and called on the Iraqi central government to intervene in the organization.