KURDISH officials called on the Iraqi army to stop its attacks on the Yazidi people in their Shengal homeland today, calling for a peaceful resolution instead of war. 

The Kurdistan National Congress (KNK) umbrella organisation said that the attacks were taking place to destroy the system of self-governance that has operated in the region since a 2014 genocide at the hands of Isis. 

Armoured vehicles and tanks entered Shengal and attacked the Shengal Resistance Units (YBS) and the Shengal Women’s Units (YBS) today, KNK officials told the Morning Star.