One peshmerga soldier turns up the volume on his radio when he hears ISIS fighters talking to one another. The Kurds don't have encrypted communications; they share the airwaves with their enemy ...

The peshmerga general wears a traditional Kurdish outfit with a thick waist sash over which is a belt laden with ammunition pouches and a holstered pistol.

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.

The peshmerga front is divided into eight sectors, each with a local commander. The northernmost permanent Iraqi army positions are in Makhmour, about 40 miles southeast of Mosul.

The peshmerga are known for being passionate fighters, raised on guns and nationalism in the mountains of Kurdistan, but Muhsin may be underestimating the conviction of the ISIS fighters who ...

Peshmerga reforms are at a “crucial moment,” waiting for a political decision that will define the structure and size of the unified Kurdish force, Col. Jan ten Hove, outgoing military advisor ...

The Peshmerga is equipped only with light weaponry, mostly rusty, Chinese-made, second-hand AK-47s despite massive budgets to procure weapons. It doesn’t have armor or air force.

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Kurdish Peshmerga and Asayesh (security) forces launched a widespread raid in pursuit of Islamic State (ISIS) militants near the Iraq-Iran border on Sunday and arrested ...

As we got out of our cars to walk up to the trench line, about 20 Peshmerga were there to see the big commander. They were also ready for pictures; a waifish female Peshmerga (whom we nicknamed “Pixie ...

Fighting intensifies between Peshmerga and PKK in northern Iraq Latest deadly skirmish highlights the deteriorating security situation in the Kurdish region where Peshmerga forces set up new bases ...

The structure had to be grouted daily, to keep water from seeping through. “But President Saddam Hussein insisted on the location,” says Sahil.