A Kurdish peshmerga commander has raised concerns about the security gaps between peshmerga forces and the Iraqi army, ...

Telskuf is now deserted. Only peshmerga and a few Christian militia members occupy its homes. It resembles a city from a post-apocalyptic film. Most of Telskuf’s residents are now in al-Qosh to ...

In his statement, President Barzani paid tribute to the sacrifices of the Peshmerga forces and all those who fought for the ...

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 ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Some members of an all-Yazidi brigade of Peshmerga forces announced on Saturday that they had ...

The Prime Minister also addressed recent challenges faced by Kurdish farmers, reaffirming that the KRG remains committed to ...

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Pary Nuri, an adviser to the Iraqi president, told VOA the remains are believed to belong to peshmerga fighters captured by the Islamic State in late 2014. Kurdish military officials told VOA that ...

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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.