According to reports from the ground, a drone attack targeted a car in the Yazidi town of Shengal (Sinjar) in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq). Three people were injured in the airstrike which took place near Behrawa village on Monday. The injured were taken to surrounding hospitals. No further information is available yet.

Shengal is the last contiguous settlement area of the Yazidi community. In 2014, ISIS invaded the region and committed genocide against the Yazidis. Only the resistance of a few PKK guerrilla fighters was able to prevent the worst and save the lives of hundreds of thousands. The KDP, which collaborated with Turkey, had fled the region overnight and left the population to ISIS, which was massively supported by Turkey.

Years of fighting by the HPG, YJA Star, YPG, YPJ and the newly established Yazidi resistance units YBŞ/YJŞ followed. In 2017, Shengal was liberated and the HPG and YPG/YPJ subsequently withdrew. However, the nightmare did not end with the liberation of the region, as now the KDP, dominated by the Barzani clan, and the Turkish state repeatedly attacked Shengal directly. Since then, there have been dozens of deadly attacks on civilian and military leaders and the population.