May 11, 2016 Faith Matters

The Wider Image: On patrol with the Sinjar Resistance Units

Pictures from resistance units in Sinjar Province – stand off against IS forces.

Bullets lie next to a gun at a Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) check point, a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in the village of Umm al-Dhiban, northern Iraq, April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Bullets lie next to a gun at a Sinjar Resistance Units (YBS) check point, a militia affiliated with the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), in the village of Umm al-Dhiban, northern Iraq, April 30, 2016
A picture of jailed Kurdistan WorkersÕ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan is seen in a PKK mausoleum in Sinjar region, northern Iraq, May 1, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
A picture of jailed Kurdistan WorkersÕ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan is seen in a PKK mausoleum in Sinjar region, northern Iraq, May 1, 2016

Sinjar Units