MILITIA loyal to Iraq’s Kurdish regional government attacked Yazidi resistance units in Sinjar yesterday morning — allegedly at Turkey’s bidding.

Kurdish news site Kom reported that Syrian-based Rojava Peshmerga militia clashed with the local Yazidi Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) in the Khanesor district of the town west of Mosul.

The Peshmerga claimed the YBS fired on them as they entered Khanesor, but the Yazidis accused them of trying to push them out of the city. One YBS member was reportedly killed and seven on both sides were injured in the hour-long battle. The YBS claimed to have aken four Peshmerga gunmen prisoner.