Shengal Resistance Units (YBŞ) Commander Dijwar Feqir spoke on the Stêrk TV news via telephone on the latest developments in Shengal.

Feqir started his speech by mentioning the Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan’s health and safety and stressed that they share the same thoughts and feelings with the Kurdish people in that they demand immediate healthy information from Öcalan.

Feqir stated that it has since become clear that the Hashd al-Shaabi and the Iraqi forces will be turning towards Shengal after Kirkuk, and said, “The Peshmerga forces in Shengal left last night.”

Feqir said the Hashd al-Shaabi forces are in peshmerga positions in Shengal now, but there haven’t been any tensions with the Êzidî society in the current situation.

On the YBŞ, Dijwar Feqir said: “We are in our defense positions. We are protecting our positions in both Shengal city center and the Shengal mountain.”

Dijwar Feqir added: “Our blood has spilled here, and we have defended our region. Everybody should respect that and have an appropriate approach. We are the children of these lands. We have defended this place, we’ve had our blood spilled. We will continue to defend it.”