Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar (2018)
| Operation Tigris Shield | |||||||
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| Part of the Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Turkey |
Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ) Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Unknown | İsmail Özden (Zaki Shingali) † | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| None |
5 killed: Ismail Ozden and 4 others. Wounded : - Tel Ezeir (Harbo), a member of the Self-Administrative Council. - Mazlum Shingal (Haval Mazlum), the YBŞ general commander in Shingal. | ||||||
The August 15, 2018, Turkish airstrikes on Sinjar were two airstrikes on İsmail Özden, a leading member of the Sinjar Resistance Units (YBŞ). Four others were killed in the airstrike.