Reports are coming through that the Kurdistan Democrat Party (KDP) is dispatching tanks and troops from Rabia region to Shengal town center. KDP has delivered 6 tanks loaded on trucks to Shengal through the Rabia road. The tanks were deployed in Shengal town center.

According to reports, several tanks and armored vehicles are being kept waiting in Rabia region amid an increased military activity in and around Shengal.

The Rabia region is located between Rojava's Hesekê city and west of Mosul. During ISIS attacks on 3 August 2014, KDP's peshmerga forces abandoned this region as well. YPG/YPJ fighters then opened a corridor on Rabia-Jaza line, reached Mount Shengal and evacuated the civilians into Rojava.

It grabs attention that the KDP increases its military activities in Shengal after KDP intelligence official Masrour Barzani's visit to the US at the same time with that of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Speaking at the think tank Heritage Foundation in the US, Masrour Barzani uttered the following threat against Shengal: “PKK carries its problems into the borders of Kurdistan. PKK does not provide support for the reconstruction of Shengal and surroundings. We want PKK to respect the sovereignity of Kurdistan administration. PKK should leave Shengal peacefully.”

KDP-affiliated gangs launched an attack on Êzidîs in Shengal's Khanasor town after KDP President Masoud Barzani's visit to Turkey in late February. On April 22, Turkey conducted an aerial bombardment on Shengal and Rojava and KDP blamed the PKK for the attack.