Washington reminds Baghdad of its stance to break ISIS grip, issues call regarding Sinjar

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[size=52]Washington reminds Baghdad of its stance to break ISIS grip, issues call regarding Sinjar[/size]

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2024-08-03
The US State Department urged Baghdad and Erbil on Saturday to implement the Sinjar agreement, while reminding the federal government of the international community’s support for Iraq to “break the grip of ISIS” in 2014, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the genocide against the Yazidis.[/size]
[size=45]“Today we remember the victims and honor the strength of survivors of genocide, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing against Yazidis, Christians, and Shia Muslims,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a translated statement. “We also remember Sunni Muslims, Kurds, and other minorities who were victims of ISIS’s crimes.”[/size]
[size=45]“ISIS killed and enslaved thousands of Yazidis, and more than 2,600 Yazidi women and girls remain missing,” Miller added. “Mass graves continue to be identified and bodies exhumed, and survivors bear the painful scars of that experience to this day.”[/size]
[size=45]“The United States’ support for the communities that have suffered this horrific tragedy is unwavering, and it is everyone’s duty to honor those who have been lost and the brave survivors through unwavering action and commitment to rebuild and restore these communities,” he noted.[/size]
[size=45]“Justice, accountability, and political inclusion are essential to ensuring that violent extremists like ISIS are isolated and defeated once and for all,” Miller said. “We urge continued implementation of the Yazidi Survivors Act and full implementation of the security, reconstruction, and administrative provisions of the 2020 Sinjar Agreement, in consultation with the communities that call Sinjar home.”[/size]
[size=45]The US State Department spokesman continued, “ISIS tried to tear apart the fabric of Iraqi society through a violent campaign of hatred and religious fanaticism, but the international community stood with Iraq to break ISIS’s grip on Iraq and Syria, and begin rebuilding the communities that ISIS oppressed.”[/size]
[size=45]“Today, a decade after this horrific tragedy, Iraq has an opportunity to embark on a new path toward peace, stability, and prosperity for all of Iraq’s diverse communities,” Miller continued. “In doing so, Iraq can serve as a model of religious and ethnic integration for the rest of the region.”[/size]
[size=45]It is noteworthy that on August 3, 2014, ISIS elements attacked Sinjar district, west of Nineveh Governorate, which resulted in the killing and wounding of a large number of Yazidis, in addition to displacing them and destroying their areas.[/size]
[size=45]On October 9, 2020, Baghdad and Erbil reached an agreement to normalize the situation in Sinjar, stipulating that the district would be jointly administered in administrative, security, and service aspects. However, the agreement has not yet entered into actual implementation for political reasons, according to officials in the Kurdistan Region.[/size]
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