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Sinjar Alliance, a Common card
The Ezidkhan Command for Liberating Sinjar, known as the Sinjar Alliance, is a joint command of two–initially three–Yazidi militias, the Sinjar Resistance Units, and the Êzîdxan Women's Units.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 67
- DEF
- 62
- Power
- 129
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 14,000
Ranked #2,299 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
Sinjar Alliance quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Sinjar Alliance card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Both of the ______ two militias are supported by the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
Answer
remaining. Both of the remaining two militias are supported by the Kurdistan Workers' Party. From the Sinjar Alliance article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
However, the HPŞ left the alliance in early ____ due to ideological differences with the PKK-backed YBŞ and YJÊ.
Answer
2010s. However, the HPŞ left the alliance in early 2017 due to ideological differences with the PKK-backed YBŞ and YJÊ. From the Sinjar Alliance article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Diponegoro. Diponegoro 31,000 · Etowah Indian Mounds 23,000 · Sinjar Alliance 14,000 · Brent East 11,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Both of the remaining two militias are supported by the Kurdistan Workers' Party.
- The alliance was originally created in October 2015 to protect the Yezidi community from ISIL attacks, after the August 2014 Sinjar massacre, and included the Êzîdxan Protection Force, which in fact provided the largest contingent of fighters.
- However, the HPŞ left the alliance in early 2017 due to ideological differences with the PKK-backed YBŞ and YJÊ.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Sinjar Alliance article was read about 14,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 67 and blocks with 62: each hit it takes is cut by 25 %.
How to get Sinjar Alliance
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Sinjar Alliance (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Yezidi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
