+++ 23:46 pm +++
Resistance fighters have considered the results of today´s clashes: Over 60 ISIS terrorists have been killed, the majority of them in the south of the mountain where resistance units were supported by air cover from the coalition forces and Iraqi army. In addition, about 14 ISIS vehicles were destroyed. In the north of the mountain, where the pilgrimage site Sharfadeen is located at, fightings continued, but without air cover. The situation is stable but still threatening.
+++ 18:58 pm +++
Around 10 women have been freed from the captivity of ISIS terrorists, the Ezidi cultural association Bingeha Lalish based in the Kurdish autonomous region announced in a statement. Details on how the women were rescued are currently unknown. It is assumed that middlemen were hired to ransom them.
+++ 17:48 pm +++
ISIS terrorists have destroyed the watter supply system in Borik which is about two kilometres west of the Sharfadeen sanctuary. Previous to that, the terrorists had started to sabotage the infrastrucure of other Ezidi villages, including Zorava.
+++ 17:07 pm +++
Clashes in Sharfadeen with ISIS terrorists continue. The resistance fighters also call for air cover in the north, near the pilgrimage site. A video made available to ezidiPress shows Ezidi fighters being attacked by ISIS snipers.
+++ 16:30 pm +++
Resistance fighters announce military successes in the southern part of Mount Sinjar where massive airstrikes have been conducted against ISIS positions. Several dozen terrorists are said to have been killed.
+++ 15:30 pm +++
Two combat helicopters of the Iraqi Air Force have been assigned to resistance units in the south of Mount Sinjar where they will support the Ezidis´ fight against ISIS from now on.
+++ 15:00 pm ++
Ezidi resistance fighters reported to have killed around 10 ISIS terrorists in clashes in the southern part of Mount Sinjar, adding that the airstrikes conducted by Iraqi combat helicopters had been very effective.
+++ 14:40 pm +++
Resistance fighter Yasser Khalaf: ISIS terrorists destroy houses in Borik – west of Sharfadeen – and attack resistance fighters deployed in Sharfadeen with snipers.
+++ 14:35 pm +++
Iraqi combat helicopter attacks ISIS terrorists in the immediate vicinity of Mount Sinjar. Dozens of terrorists have been reportedly killed. After days of reluctance, the coalition forces now seem to respond together with the Iraqi army.
+++ 14:29 pm +++
Airstrikes of coalition forces in the south of Mount Sinjar, near the same-named town Sinjar. Several armed vehicles of ISIS terrorists have been destroyed, an ezidiPress correspondent confirms the attack.
+++ 14:24 pm +++
Heavy clashes west of Sharfadeen sanctuary, more clashes are being reported in the southwest near Sikeniye. Several dozen resistance fighters are believed to be surrounded there. In Sikeniye, heavy clashes already occured yesterday in which the Ezidi commander Sheikh Kheri lost his life.
+++ 14:04 pm +++
Airstrikes of the Iraqi army are just being reported. No further details known.
+++ 14:02 pm+++
An Iraqi army helicopter landed this morning on Mount Sinjar to provide the trapped civilians and resistance fighters with food and ammunition.
