Hassan, 48, has been a Kurdish peshmerga soldier since the 1991 Kurdish uprising against Saddam Hussein's regime, and he fought in the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War in the mid-1990s.

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By Sunday evening, the Kurdish forces – known as the Peshmerga – had taken over the eastern side of the structure, a spokesman for the group said. Clashes were ongoing over the western side ...

The peshmerga will have their own command structure, according to KRG spokesman Safeen Dizayee, but they will coordinate with U.S. Syrian Kurdish forces.

The peshmerga were only able to retake the dam with assistance from the Iraqi national army and heavy American air cover. The fact that it took three armed forces to recapture just one structure ...

The peshmerga say airstrikes have been a game-changer on the battlefield, both operationally and as a morale booster. “Our success depends on the U.S. airstrikes,” Zrar says. Battle Hardened: ...

Iraqi Kurdistan region has witnessed one of the most unprecedented clashes between the militants of the Kurdistan Democratic ...

Following a number of delays, the much-anticipated plan to deploy Iraqi Kurdish military forces (Peshmerga) to the besieged city of Kobane took place on Tuesday. According to Kurdish new agency ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish Peshmerga forces denied an Iraqi army unit access to a Kirkuk town on Tuesday, saying that their presence to increase safety in the area is unnecessary.

Rudaw is a broadcast and digital news network based in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, publishing in English, Kurdish, Arabic, and Turkish.

But Peshmerga fighters from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the ruling party in Iraqi Kurdistan, tried to retake the positions on Sunday, triggering the clashes, the sources said.

Peshmerga seek cooperation with Kobani Kurds Iraqi Kurdish fighters will work closely with Syrian Kurdish groups, an Iraqi Kurdish official said Thursday. 23.10.2014 - Update : 23.10.2014 ...