The statement said that, following the major crimes and genocide committed by ISIS against humanity, the identity and people of the Yazidis, Sinjar was liberated 11 years ago today in an unprecedented offensive by the Kurdistan Peshmerga, under the field command of President Masoud Barzani, at the cost of the blood of 500 martyred and 3,000 wounded Peshmerga fighters.
The Kurdistan Parliament Presidency stressed that protecting the constitutional and national rights of its Yazidi brothers and sisters is a primary duty, while condemning any attempt to exploit their cause and suffering for political ends.
In another section of the message, Parliament outlined its demands for resolving the situation in Sinjar:
The Sinjar Agreement must be fully implemented.
The people of the area and the Yazidis themselves must decide their own fate.
Illegal armed forces must withdraw from the area and leave the region.
The displaced must return to their homes with dignity, and they must receive material and moral compensation for the losses they have suffered.
