ERBIL, Iraq -- In the Makmuhr mountains of northern Iraq where fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria are regrouping and reforming, the Kurdish Peshmerga operate a small military base ...

They are the female members of the Zeravani unit, a branch of the Kurdish peshmerga. The typically female attributes shouldn't detract from the fact that these women are prepared to defend their ...

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani on Sunday stressed that Iraq must uphold the principles of balance, ...

With a Kalashnikov slung over his shoulder and a curved dagger sheathed in his waist sash, peshmerga Col. Anwar Hassan watches his enemies through binoculars. Hassan, 48, has been a Kurdish ...

In late June, days after his battalion had helped secure Kirkuk from Sunni militants with what is now referred to as the Islamic State (IS), commander Sherko Fatih returned to the nearby Mullah ...

Minister Ismail stressed the necessity of continuing the Ministry’s reform agenda, which aims to unify and professionalize ...

Outside peshmerga headquarters one sees an armored M998 Humvee and a Chevy truck with a heavy weapon mounted in the bed, both captured from ISIS. The Kurds will likely have occasion to reclaim ...

The Kurds should continue to receive U.S. and Western support to shore up their security posture. This means investing in the Peshmerga, their armed forces, which played a crucial role in the ...

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - 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 ...

The peshmerga fighters from Iraq's autonomous Kurdish north sent to fight in Syria will cooperate closely with Kurdish groups there, a Kurdistan official said Thursday. Peshmerga, a term used ...

the crashes were a reminder that Iraqi Kurdistan’s armed forces, the Peshmerga, lack the most basic airpower despite the U.S.-allied autonomous region facing various challenges and threats to ...