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 ...

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 ...

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 ...