PKK Establishes Ezidkhan Self-Governance Council in Sinjar – PKK aims to separate Sinjar from Kurdistan Region, says Mayor of Sinjar

MESOP NEWS : THE PKK AGGRESSION AGAINST SOUTH KURDISTAN / ANOTHER STALINIST TAKE-OVER

Basnews English – 23/08/2017 – 16:36 – SINJAR — Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has established a self-governance council in Sinjar, in a bid to separate the Yezidi region from Kurdistan. According to a report by Kurdistan 24, PKK has established a self-governance council in Sinjar.Mahma Khalil, the Mayor of Sinjar, called PKK’s move an external project, reiterating that the presence of PKK in Sinjar is illegal and a violation of the sovereignty of the region.

PKK-affiliated groups in Sinjar do not represent the Kurdish Yezidis and their actions do not serve the interests of Yezidis, he said.Khalil believes that PKK’s Ezidkhan Council is a project to separate Sinjar from the Kurdistan Region.Since the liberation of Sinjar from the Islamic State militants in November 2015 by the Peshmerga forces, the PKK guerrillas have been deployed in the region and refused to leave the area despite the frequent calls by Sinjar’s administration for their withdrawal. www.mesop.de