Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

The late Barzani's legacy remains a driving force in the Kurdish struggle for democracy and self-determination, with his ...

The secular Peshmerga, whose name means “those who face death”, sprang into action as they had done in 2003’s US-led liberation of Iraq and other campaigns. “For over 100 years ...

Peshmerga general Khader Husayn explains that ... is the disapproval of Iraqi Kurdistan’s neighbors — Turkey, Iran, and the Iraqi central government. However, no threat on their border is ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Some members of an all-Yazidi brigade of Peshmerga forces announced on Saturday that they had ...

In the case of the Kurds, despite the division, sentiments of solidarity and expressed desire for self-determination in the ...

Pary Nuri, an adviser to the Iraqi president, told VOA the remains are believed to belong to peshmerga fighters captured by the Islamic State in late 2014. Kurdish military officials told VOA that ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Joining the Peshmerga is one of the few ways for people in the economically deprived region to make a living and support a family. About 30 million Kurds live in the Middle East, mainly in Iran ...