Asayish (Sinjar District)

'security'[3]), officially the Ezidkhan Asayish[4] (Kurdish: Asayîşa Êzîdxanê, lit.

The force aims to protect the rights of the Yazidi people as well as maintain law and order in the Sinjar District where they are located.

The Asayîşa Êzîdxanê are officially not subordinated to the Sinjar Resistance Units and shall attenuate the dependence from institutional powers.

The lack of faith in the official powers is a consequence of the escape of Peshmerga-troops in August 2014, which enabled the Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL, which overrun the lines of the Peshmerga into the land of the Yazidis.

The new-founded force has the aim to create safety in the area controlled by the PKK and Sinjar Resistance Units to enable the return of the Yazidis in the exodus.