The status of Yazidis in Iraq and their district of Sinjar has been in limbo for many years, despite the territorial defeat of ISIS at the end of 2017. After nearly a decade of stalling, the situation has begun moving forward at a pace that has caught the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) at its weakest moment in time. As a result, the KDP is struggling to impose its will both on religious minority groups and on the future of their territory.