Barzani foundation suspends aid in Shingal after PKK-affiliated armed group imprisons office head

ARK News: The Barzani Charity Foundation (BCF) announced on Tuesday that it had suspended its humanitarian activities in the disputed and pre-dominantly Yezidi (Ezidi) town of Sinjar (Shingal) because PKK-affiliated armed groups had arrested their office head and also prevent the organization from aiding civilians in the area.

According to a BCF statement, armed groups affiliated to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), known as the Shingal Resistance Units (YBS), often attacked their staff members on Shingal Mountain while they were conducting humanitarian operations in the area.

“We have decided to remain silent about the PKK armed group and continued to serve the people of Shingal with more aid as well as delivering the voice of Shingal to the world through different international conferences,” the statement read.

“Unfortunately, the PKK fighters continue their inhumane behavior,” it continued. “On April 28, they arrested and jailed the head of our office in Shingal at a time when the BCF and the American organization of Nebraska Church staff were distributing humanitarian aid to the people of Shingal.”

Source: K24

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