Êzîdxan Protection Force

The Protection Force of Êzîdxan (HPÊ)[nb 1] (Kurdish: Hêza Parastina Êzîdxanê ,هێزی پاراستنی ئێزیدخان‎,[4][5] Arabic: قوة حماية ايزيدخان‎[6]), is a Yazidi military force founded by Haydar Shesho in the summer of 2014 in response to the Sinjar massacre.[7] The force joined the Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Regional Government in 2017.[3] It is bigger than the other main Yazidi militia, the Sinjar Resistance Units, which is aligned with the Kurdistan Communities Union.[8]

Protection Force of Ezidkhan
Hêza Parastina Êzîdxanê (HPÊ)
LeadersHaydar Shesho
Dates of operation2014–present
StatusActive
Size7,000[1]–8,000[2]
Part ofSinjar Alliance (2015–17)
Peshmerga (since 2017)[3]
Allies Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ)
Êzidxan Women's Units (YJÊ)
Opponents Islamic State
Battles and warsIraqi Civil War (2014–2017)

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]

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,[10] and other, independent Yazidi units recruited to the united Yazidi front.[11]

Under the joint command of the newly-founded Sinjar Alliance, the Protection Forces of Sinjar took part in the November 2015 Sinjar offensive.[12]

See also

Notes
  1. Also transliterated as Ezidkhan Defense Units, Ezidkhan Protection Force, Protection Force of Ezidkhan, Êzîdxan Protection Force or Êzîdxan Defense Units

References
  1. IS-Terror in Shingal: Wer kämpft gegen wen? Ein Überblick, Ezidi Press. 12 October 2014
  2. With the Islamic State gone from Sinjar, Kurdish groups battle for control, Al-Monitor. 27 March 2016
  3. Baxtiyar Goran (9 March 2017). "Haider Shesho: Ezidkhan Units take orders from President Barzani, Peshmerga Ministry". Kurdistan24.
  4. "هێزی پاراستنی ئێزیدخان لە باکووری شنگال جێگیرکراون". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 13 January 2018. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  5. "Hêza Parastina Êzîdxanê: Em li benda fermana Barzanî ne". Rûdaw (in Kurdish). 10 February 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  6. "قوة حماية ايزيدخان والحزب الديمقراطي الايزيدي يرفضان تنصيب حازم تحسين بك اميرا جديدا". sotkurdistan.net (in Arabic). 26 July 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  7. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Die Angst der Yeziden im Sindschar-Gebirge, 30 August 2014
  8. Paraszczuk, Joanna (11 June 2015). "Yazidi militias fight IS in Iraq, amid Kurdish rivalries". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  9. ÊzîdîPress: HPŞ benennt sich in HPÊ um: Hêza Parastina Êzîdxan
  10. "Yezidi forces form alliance against IS". Êzîdî Press. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  11. "Independent Yezidi units join Shingal alliance". Êzîdî Press. 31 October 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  12. "Shingal: KurdInnen starten mit vereinten Kräften Großoffensive gegen IS". Kurdische Nachrichten (in German). 12 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
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