60sec Update: Fighting Could Return to Sinjar

Radio Kurdistan

Although fighting in the region has paused, residents see signs that fighting could again return to Sinjar. The Iraqi Army has not concluded talks with the Yazidi protection forces following armed clashes in Sinjar which began on April 18. Although it appears that the Iraqi army has not been firing on YBS positions for five days since May 3, Iraqi troops do not appear to be withdrawing at the present time. Sources close to the negotiation say that the two sides are still in a stalemate regarding Iraqi government's demands that the YBS, YJS, and Asayis forces organized by the Yazidi people withdraw from the area. Meanwhile, thousands of residents of Sinjar have left the area for refugee tents in places like Sardest, high in the mountains.