"The Iraqi judiciary has yet to take the necessary legal steps to prosecute perpetrators, secure accountability, and ensure ...

As Operation Inherent Resolve approaches the two-year mark, the peshmerga have proven themselves in battle as the most reliable ground force against ISIS in Iraq.

Seven villages were liberated and 120 ISIS fighters were killed. According to Barzani, the goal is to liberate areas surrounding Mosul as they push closer toward the city.

Risha emphasized that the instructions of Kurdistan Region Prime Minister Masrour Barzani have been instrumental in advancing the reform agenda, noting that the leadership of both the 80th and 70th ...

At the time, the Peshmerga — loyal to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and dominant in Sinjar — abruptly withdrew as ISIS advanced, leaving thousands of Yazidis exposed.

The simple fact is that as ISIS advanced on Sinjar and other towns in northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)’s peshmerga failed. Indeed, the peshmerga’s poor performance has ...

Two Iraqi soldiers and two fighters of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces were killed on Sunday as the two sides clashed in a mountainous northern area, Iraqi and Kurdish security sources said. Iraqi ...

Even though the Peshmerga played a significant role in the war against ISIS, losing 1,700 troops in the process, it was not provided with such airpower.

The Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces briefly clashed Sunday in a dispute over control of a strategic military post, killing three, Iraq's military spokesperson said. The dispute was ...

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 ...