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Article 140 Committee Declares Demographic Changes in Sinjar Invalid

Sinjar, Iraq ·

The committee says Sinjar and other areas of Nineveh remain disputed, and has ordered officials to prevent demographic changes there without its review.

Article 140 of Iraq's 2005 constitution sets out a process for resolving disputed areas between the federal government and the Kurdistan Region, a dispute that includes Sinjar and parts of Nineveh.

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