Opinion: The world’s response in Sinjar was not perfect, but it was decisive, and it saved thousands of lives. That is a ...

The sudden reason for the arrest of Lahur Talabany is not clear but it casts a potential shadow over the Patriotic Union of ...

Indeed, the peshmerga’s poor performance has shaken Erbil, which counts on the peshmerga’s image of strength to keep any Kurdish frustration at Barzani in check.

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 ...

This is important. However, there are questions about what may happen next with the Kurdish Peshmerga. The Peshmerga have been divided on political lines between the PUK and KDP in the past.

The Peshmerga emerged from the Kurdish nationalist movement in the first half of the 20th century after the collapse of the Ottoman and Qajar empires, and number about 200,000.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Assistance to the Kurdish Peshmerga from the US-led Global Coalition to Defeat the Islamic State (ISIS) will continue in accordance with existing agreements between Erbil ...

Under a bridge, 40 men from the Iraqi police and Kurdish peshmerga fighters take cover from the sun and the occasional mortar fired from across the river that marks one front in a conflict that ...

Item 1 of 11 A Kurdish man walks by special Turkish police forces standing guard outside the gate of a camp hosting Peshmerga fighters in the border town of Suruc, Sanliurfa province, October 31 ...

U.S. Congressmen, a former ambassador, and military veterans congratulated President Barzani on 63 years as a Peshmerga, praising his leadership, Kurdistan’s democratic achievements, and the lasting U ...

Post-2017 referendum fears of Kurdish independence, Ankara’s insistence on “full usage” of the ITP, and Baghdad’s push for a ...

Kurdish troops, known as the Peshmerga, abandoned the town to the Popular Mobilization Forces, an Iran -backed and predominantly Shia militia coalition that operates as part of the Iraqi security ...