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 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: ...

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

Shortly after 2 p.m. local time Monday, the Iraqi Kurdish news agency Rudaw flashed on its website, "Bashiqa is liberated; Peshmerga in full control." That seemed wildly inaccurate. From where I ...

Along with his Peshmerga work, he said he often finds work in home construction when he’s back from the fighting - if the work is available. "There are not a lot of jobs," he said.

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.

At the same time, the Kurdish Peshmerga guarded the lines around Kirkuk and Mosul. Following the transfer of power from Masoud to his eldest son Masrour, the situation worsens.