SULAIMANI (ESTA) — A high-level security delegation led by Iraq’s National Security Advisor Qassem al-Araji visited Sinjar district on Monday, according to Iraqi media.
State news agency INA reported the delegation included Iraqi Army’s Chief of Staff Abdul Amir Yarallah, Deputy Commander of Joint Operations Abdul Amir al-Shammari, the director of military intelligence and the commander of ground forces.
INA said the delegation would oversee the security situation in Sinjar.
In October, the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) reached an agreement to normalize the governance and security situation in Sinjar.
Under the deal, all armed groups should leave Sinjar and allow the Iraqi security forces to take control of the district.
On February 14, the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said there were no armed groups in Sinjar and that the Iraqi forces were in control of the district.
Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani said the armed groups which were supposed to leave the district under the agreement were still present there.
“As long as I know, the Sinjar agreement hasn’t been implemented … The parties supposed to leave those areas are still present there,” Barzani said in a press conference on February 10.
“The normalization of the situation to allow the return of the displaced people living in camps has not been implemented as well,” Barzani added.
“We are seriously waiting for the agreement to be implemented as it is, but unfortunately it has not yet, even though we lost a lot of time.”
