Sabah Al-Numan, the spokesman for the Supreme Commander of the Iraqi Armed Forces, said that the ceremony of the military disengagement of the Sinjar (land) defense units, their integration into the official agencies and the transfer of security responsibility in Mount Sinjar to the federal authorities, should take place today, Monday. Al-Numan stated, in a statement published by the Prime Minister's Communications Office, that this step "falls within the framework of the Iraqi government's approach and plan to limit weapons to the country and establish a new phase of security responsibility in Sinjar province."

Sabah Al-Numan, the spokesman for the Supreme Commander of the Iraqi Armed Forces, said that the ceremony of the military disengagement of the Sinjar (land) defense units, their integration into the official agencies and the transfer of security responsibility in Mount Sinjar to the federal authorities, should take place today, Monday. Al-Numan stated, in a statement published by the Prime Minister's Communications Office, that this step "falls within the framework of the Iraqi government's approach and plan to limit weapons to the country and establish a new phase of security responsibility in Sinjar province."