On October 26, Y. The Ş - affiliated with the PKK - announced their disbandment during a ceremony in Sinjar (Şengal), and determined that they would become an extension of the Popular Mobilization Forces affiliated with Iran. After the ceremony, the tunnels were moved to Mount Sinjar, and the Iraqi flag was raised on the mountain. Photographs broadcast yesterday in the Iraqi media showed the removal of the Kurdistan flag from several institutions in Sinjar.