Mahma Xelil (Kurdish: Xelîl, Arabic: محما خليل - also written as Mahma Khalil or Mehme Khalil) is the current mayor of Sinjar in Nineveh Province, Iraq.
[1] Xelil was a self-appointed mayor of Sinjar of Kurdish origin on November 11, 2015.
Due to the presence of Daesh in Sinjar, the election was actually held in Alqosh in Nineveh Governorate.
[2] 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.
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