During an interview on an Iraqi channel affiliated with Iran, Murad Ismail, leader of the Yazdi Caucus Alliance in the Iraqi parliament and now the largest Yagi party by popular vote, said: "Sanchar is Iraqi. Sanchar is not Kurdistani; Sinjar is Iraqi. Ismail also called out the KDP for its record in Sinchar: "Article 140 was never implemented. It's over and done with. You [the KDP] were strong in Baghdad. Section 140 could have been applied, but you didn't before 2014. Then, in 2014, the genocide [of ISIS on Sinar] happened. You left Sinar in 2017. "We didn't tell you to leave Sinar & #33".