Xelil was a self-appointed mayor of Sinjar of Kurdish origin on November 11 , 2015 . Due to the presence of Daesh in Sinjar , the election was actually held in Alqosh in Nineveh Governorate . Once returning to Sinjar and unearthing the mass graves of Yazidis , Xelil has called the actions of Daesh in the Sinjar region a " genocide of the Yazidis . " Xelil was a Member of Parliament in the Iraqi Parliament representing the Kurdistan Alliance as well as a Peshmerga commander
actions of Daesh in the Sinjar region
Genocide of Yazidis by ISIL
Mahma Xelil