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"The women of Kurdistan are examples of sacrifice, perseverance, and dignity, and we must all respect their status, rights, ...

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 ...

Only peshmerga and a few Christian militia members ... the last civilian residents of Telskuf to depart — three elderly women who had stubbornly remained in their homes. Inside an abandoned ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Iraqi forensic officials uncovered the remains of 17 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters - killed during the country’s battles against the Islamic ...