“When ISIS is weak, they will just attack the Iraqi military in places like Anbar” to capture more weapons and ammunition, the general explains. Outside peshmerga headquarters one sees an ...

"We are working with the Kurdistan Regional Government to integrate the Peshmerga Forces under the command and control of the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs to build a professional, unified fighting ...

Donald Trump expressed his satisfaction with the elimination of Abu Khadijah, emphasizing the collaboration between U.S., ...

A Kurdish peshmerga commander has raised concerns about ... that were once controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The commander pointed out that the two forces do not have ...

Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Kurdish Peshmerga unit on Wednesday thwarted a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) attack on three shepherds in rural Sulaimani province. A Peshmerga ...

In 2014, KRG found itself on the geographical frontline in the global battle against ISIS. The secular Peshmerga, whose name means “those who face death”, sprang into action as they had done ...

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IRAQ: Kurdish peshmerga forces announced yesterday that they had retaken a string of villages east of the city of Mosul from the Islamic State group (Isis). Brigadier General Dedewan Khurshid Tofiq ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Peshmerga forces said Wednesday they thwarted an attack by the Islamic State (ISIS) sleeper cells in Salahaddin province’s disputed town of Tuz Khurmatu earlier in the day.

wielding a heavy machinegun during the war against ISIS in northern Iraq in 2014. Dimokrat volunteered with the Peshmerga, the armed forces of Iraq's Kurdish region, as the extremist group rapidly ...