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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Qassim Abdul-Zahra

PKK-linked Yazidi militia units to disarm and join Iraq's army in push to control weapons

Iraq Yazidi Militia - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Iraq’s government said Monday that a Yazidi armed group in the northern district of Sinjar would be dissolved and its fighters would join the country’s official security forces.

The agreement comes as authorities seek to bring weapons under state control despite opposition from some of the country’s most powerful militias, and amid a push to end Turkey’s military presence in northern Iraq.

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