Êzîdxan Protection Force
Protection Force of Ezidkhan | |
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Hêza Parastina Êzîdxanê (HPÊ) | |
Leaders | Haydar Shesho |
Dates of operation | October 2014–present |
Status | Active |
Size | 2,200[1]–3,000[2] (2015) 1,000[3] (2017) |
Part of | Sinjar Alliance (Oct 2015-March 2017)[3] Peshmerga (since 2017)[3] |
Allies | Sinjar Resistance Units (Until March 2017) Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
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The Protection Force of Êzîdxan (HPÊ)
The militia was known as the Protection Force of Sinjar or HPŞ (Kurdish: Hêza Parastina Şingal), also translated as Sinjar Defense Units[8] or Sinjar Protection Force, until November 2015, when it changed its name to Hêza Parastina Êzîdxanê or HPÊ.[9]
Haydar Shesho was arrested on 5 April 2015 by the
In October 2015, the HPŞ participated in the foundation of the Sinjar Alliance as an all-Yazidi joint commando umbrella structure with the Sinjar Resistance Units, the Êzîdxan Women's Units,[12] and other, independent Yazidi units recruited to the united Yazidi front.[13]
Under the joint command of the newly founded Sinjar Alliance, the Êzîdxan Protection Force took part in the successful November 2015 Sinjar offensive.[14]
The HPÊ joined the
See also
- Yazidi genocide
- List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War
- November 2015 Sinjar offensive
Notes
- ^ Also transliterated as Ezidkhan Defense Units, Ezidkhan Protection Force, Protection Force of Ezidkhan, Êzîdxan Protection Force or Êzîdxan Defense Units
References
- ^ IS-Terror in Shingal: Wer kämpft gegen wen? Ein Überblick, Ezidi Press. 12 October 2014
- ^ With the Islamic State gone from Sinjar, Kurdish groups battle for control, Al-Monitor. 27 March 2016
- ^ a b c d Baxtiyar Goran (9 March 2017). "Haider Shesho: Ezidkhan Units take orders from President Barzani, Peshmerga Ministry". Kurdistan24.
- Rûdaw(in Kurdish). 13 January 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- Rûdaw(in Kurdish). 10 February 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "قوة حماية ايزيدخان والحزب الديمقراطي الايزيدي يرفضان تنصيب حازم تحسين بك اميرا جديدا". sotkurdistan.net (in Arabic). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Die Angst der Yeziden im Sindschar-Gebirge, 30 August 2014
- ^ a b Paraszczuk, Joanna (11 June 2015). "Yazidi militias fight IS in Iraq, amid Kurdish rivalries". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ ÊzîdîPress: HPŞ benennt sich in HPÊ um: Hêza Parastina Êzîdxan
- ^ "Kurdish government: Shesho arrested by official order". Ezidi Press. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ a b van den Toorn, Christine (10 May 2015). "The hero Yazidis hope will save them". Daily Beast. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
- ^ "Yezidi forces form alliance against IS". Êzîdî Press. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Independent Yezidi units join Shingal alliance". Êzîdî Press. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Shingal: KurdInnen starten mit vereinten Kräften Großoffensive gegen IS". Kurdische Nachrichten (in German). 12 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
- ^ "Barzani: "Only the Peshmerga have liberated Shingal, no other force has been involved"". 13 November 2015.