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

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 ...

The Kurdish peshmerga fighter ran out of ammunition but saved two bullets to end his own life in case Islamic State militants caught up with him as he fled the front line in northwest Iraq.

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 ...

A convoy of Iraqi Kurdish forces in Turkey rolled late on Friday across the border into Syria to help Syrian Kurds defend the besieged town of Kobani that has become the focus of a Western-backed ...

Iraqi forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters reached an agreement on Friday to stop fighting in northern Iraq, the media office of the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition said.

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 ...

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 ...