Mahma Xelil

Mahma Xelil (Kurdish: Mahma Xelîl, {{langx|ar|محما خليل}} - also written as Mahma Khalil or Mehme Khalil) is the current mayor of Sinjar in Nineveh Province, Iraq.{{Cite web|title = Iraq: Yazidi mass grave discovered in Sinjar|url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/15/iraq-yazidi-mass-grave-sinjar-kocho|website = the Guardian|accessdate = 2015-12-31}}

Mayor of Sinjar

Xelil was a self-appointed mayor of Sinjar of Kurdish Yazidi origin on November 11, 2015. Due to the presence of Daesh in Sinjar, the election was actually held in Alqosh in Nineveh Governorate.{{Cite web|title = مجلس نينوى ينتخب محما خليل قائمقام لقضاء سنجار|url = http://www.ara.shafaaq.com/36788|website =شفق نيوز|accessdate = 2015-12-31}} 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."{{Cite web|title = Sinjar: Mass graves discovered amid accusations of 'Yazidi genocide' {{!}} Christian News on Christian Today|url = http://www.christiantoday.com/article/sinjar.mass.graves.discovered.amid.accusations.of.yazidi.genocide/72089.htm|website = www.christiantoday.com|accessdate = 2015-12-31}}

Previous roles

Xelil was a member of parliament in the Iraqi Parliament representing the Kurdistan Alliance{{Cite web|title = Mahma Khalil: America obligated to defend Iraq in the event of exposure to internal or external threat - Iraqi Dinar News, Information and Facts - IRAQI DINAR|url = http://iraqidinarchat.net/?p=21125|website = iraqidinarchat.net|accessdate = 2015-12-31}} as well as a Peshmerga commander.{{Cite web|title = Peshmerga claim liberation of Sinjar from ISIS - ASHARQ AL-AWSAT|url = http://english.aawsat.com/2014/12/article55339682/peshmerga-claims-liberation-of-sinjar-from-isis|website = ASHARQ AL-AWSAT|accessdate = 2015-12-31}}

References

Category:Iraqi Kurdistani politicians

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