Iraqi police forces seized the People's Municipality building in the Girzerik district of Shengal (Sinjar). Girzerik, one of the places that led the resistance against ISIS in the 2014 onslaught by ISIS, was largely burned down and destroyed during the process. Years later, the people returned to Girzerik and began rebuilding their homes.

Meanwhile, the Autonomous Administration of Shengal resumed operations of the Girzerik Municipal Council on March 10, 2025, to address the needs of the community and provide essential services.

The Iraqi police moved into the building without showing any documents or providing any justification, while municipal employees were on vacation. The Shengal Autonomous Administration and municipal officials made numerous attempts to understand the situation, but the police stated that they had only received orders to move in.

The city of Shengal in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is the last contiguous settlement area of the Yazidi community. Thousands of Yazidis were murdered, and thousands of women and children were taken prisoner in the 3 August 2014 onslaught on Shengal by ISIS militants. While ISIS began murdering Yazidis in Shengal, the Peshmerga left, leaving the Yazidis behind, unprotected. The guerrillas of HPG (People’s Defense Forces) and YJA Star (Free Women’s Troops) and fighters of the YPG (People’s Defense Units) and YPJ (Women’s Defense Units) came to the Yazidi people's aid in the face of ISIS aggression. Thanks to a months-long selfless struggle, the city was liberated on 13 November 2015. After the liberation of the city, the HPG and YPG/YPJ subsequently withdrew in 2017. People who returned to their land after Shengal's independence reformed, established defensive units and built their institutions.

The fate of thousands of Yazidis, especially women, remains unknown. Many were sold in slave markets established by ISIS in cities such as Raqqa, Mosul, Deir ez-Zor, and Al-Bukamal. However, SDF forces have successfully liberated thousands of them, reuniting them to their families in Shengal.