Clarification regarding cycle photos of flag removal. Recent online reports claiming that a YBS member was photographed removing the Kurdistan flag in Sinjar after joining the PMF are inaccurate. The source of the video in question is the KM events in October 2017 in Kirkuk. Furthermore, the Kurdistan flag has not been displayed on official government buildings in Sinjar since 2018, nor has it been flown at YBS positions.

Clarification regarding cycle photos of flag removal. Recent online reports claiming that a YBS member was photographed removing the Kurdistan flag in Sinjar after joining the PMF are inaccurate. The source of the video in question is the KM events in October 2017 in Kirkuk. Furthermore, the Kurdistan flag has not been displayed on official government buildings in Sinjar since 2018, nor has it been flown at YBS positions.