Speaking after talks with Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in Washington, the US defense secretary said Iraq must strengthen state control over weapons and praised Iraqi security forces and the Peshmerga ...

A key meeting in Baghdad underscored the strategic importance of closer cooperation between the Peshmerga and the Iraqi Army in strengthening border security, counterterrorism efforts, and long-term ...

With U.S. air support, they launched a long-awaited offensive on the eastern Iraqi city of Sinjar, to try to retake it from ISIS. Steve Inskeep... Kurdish Peshmerga Forces Attempt To Retake Sinjar ...

Led by a celebrated Yazidi fighter, a small band of Kurdish peshmerga survived a months-long ISIS onslaught. Unlike others in Syria and Iraq, this... Outmanned And Outgunned, Fighters Defend Yazidi ...

IRAQ (CNN) – Kurdish forces launched an offensive Sunday on multiple fronts, raiding and capturing villages located south of Mosul from ISIS control, according to Sirwan Barzani, a Senior Commander in ...

The Peshmerga defend all of them.” During the Trump administration, support for the Peshmerga remained strong even after ISIS’ territorial defeat in 2019, with $249 million spent in 2020 to ensure the ...