Kurdish rebels withdraw from Iraq’s Sinjar
A Kurdish rebel group will withdraw from the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq on Friday, it said in a statement, following threats of attack from Turkey’s president who has launched a series of airstrikes against suspected Kurdish rebel camps over the past week. The Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, said it moved into Sinjar […]Susannah George and Suzan Fraser report for AP:
A Kurdish rebel group will withdraw from the town of Sinjar in northern Iraq on Friday, it said in a statement, following threats of attack from Turkey’s president who has launched a series of airstrikes against suspected Kurdish rebel camps over the past week.
The Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, said it moved into Sinjar to protect the Yezidi people “from genocide” at the hands of the Islamic State group and are now withdrawing “having reached that aim,” according to the statement.
