The Sinjar Resistance Units (Kurdish: Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şengalê; YBŞ) is a Yazidi militia formed in Sinjar, northern Iraq. It was formed in 2007 to protect Yazidis in the wake of the Qahtaniyah bombings. [7] It is the second largest Yazidi militia, after the pro-KRG Êzîdxan Protection Force (HPÊ). [8]

The Ezidkhan Command for Liberating Sinjar (Kurdish: Fermandariya Êzîdxana Ji Bo Rizgariya Şengalê), known as the Sinjar Alliance (Kurdish: Fermandariya Hevbeş a Şengalê, i.e. Sinjar Joint Command), is a joint command of two–initially three–Yazidi militias, the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ), and the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ).

2021年1月7日 · The YBŞ (the Kurdish abbreviation for the 'Sinjar Resistance Units') first emerged in 2014 as a defence force for the Yezidi people in the Sinjar area when they were subject to attempted genocide at the hands of the Islamic State.

2023年9月17日 · A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Sunday killed three fighters from the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Iraqi security...

2023年5月23日 · A Turkish drone strike in northern Iraq on Tuesday killed three fighters from the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS), a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Iraqi Kurdistan's...

2024年3月20日 · Under the Sinjar Alliance, the YBS took part in the November 2015 Sinjar offensive (KurdischeNachrichten, 2015) which succeeded in the joint Yazidi-Kurd forces capturing Sinjar and Gabara and 600+ ISIL casualties (Hanna and Payne, 2015).

2025年3月19日 · According to official PKK media reports, the clashes occurred shortly after 11:00 PM on Tuesday when Iraqi forces launched an attack on the YBS fighters' vehicles in the heart of Sinjar. The attack reportedly caused significant damage to the YBS vehicles, with three of its members wounded in the attack.

The Sinjar Resistance Units (Kurdish language: Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şengalê; YBŞ), formerly called King Peacock (Arabic language: Malik Al-Tawus ‎), is a non-political Yazidi militia formed in Iraq in 2007 to protect the Yazidi community in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan in the wake of attacks by Iraqi insurgents. [3]

2022年2月18日 · YBS, Kurdish for Yekîneyên Berxwedana Şengalê (Sinjar Resistance Unit) are a Yazidi militia formed in Sinjar, 2007, to protect the Yazidi people and others in the region. Sinjar is a...

2022年6月15日 · SINUNE, northern Iraq,— Turkish drone attack on the the Shingal Resistance Units (YBS), a Yazidi Kurdish militia close to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in Iraq’s northern region of Sinjar (Shingal), killed at least two people and …