ISWNews Analysis Group: The administrative council of Sinjar rejected the request of the Iraqi Army for the withdrawal of Sinjar security forces from the city.
ISWNews Analysis Group: According to local reports, Hashd al-Shaabi (PMU) forces have returned to the town of Sinjar, west of Mosul to regain security in the area.
ISWNews Analysis Group: On January 22, Turkish aircraft bombed areas in northern Iraq, injuring a number of civilians.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Iraqi security forces took control of PKK-affiliated militant bases and police stations in Sanuni and Khana Sur areas in northwestern Sinjar.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The Iraqi government had reached an important deal with the Kurdistan Regional Government over the governance and security of Sinjar.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Hashd ash-Shaʿabi PMU forces have returned 20 more people from Sinjar and Tal Afar, who had been kidnapped by ISIS in recent years, from the newly liberated Syrian Baghuz province to Iraq.
Islamic World News Analysis Group: 15 US Army vehicles arrived in the area after the agreement with the Iraqi government and is now deployed near the Mira hill.
Iraq Joint Commandment spokesperson yesterday said that Iraqi Army are established with heavy arsenal in suburbs of cities Sinjar and Senun in west of Mosul, where PKK forces retreated yesterday.
