For nearly two years, Iraq's Kurdish fighters have led the battle against ISIS. Known as the peshmerga -- which means "one who faces death" -- these Kurdish soldiers have helped claw back towns ...

The coalition Train and Equip program is preparing three Kurdish brigades for action. Weapon systems donated by the coalition, such as the German MILAN rocket, have saved hundreds of peshmerga.

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 security sources said. Iraqi ...

Rebel peshmerga founded the leading Kurdish political parties, but decades later those leaders or those close to them have yet to give up power. In this environment, it is hard to dissent.

Kurdish peshmerga forces battling the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in northern Iraq say their lives depend on getting military supplies from the U.S, reports CBS News correspondent Holly ...

Unless American ground troops or Peshmerga go there, I swear to God, they can’t take Mosul,” he said. There is little love lost between the Kurdish and Iraqi forces.

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 Peshmerga is a volunteer military force operated by the Kurdish regional government in Iraq. Not only are they a standing army, but they also assist civilians, similar to what the National ...

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.

Kurdish fighters, known as peshmerga, have reportedly surrounded the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, a vital oil center. A story in Friday’s New York Times defines peshmerga as “those who face ...

But Peshmerga fighters from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), the ruling party in Iraqi Kurdistan, tried to retake the positions on Sunday, triggering the clashes, the sources said.

Kurdish Peshmerga Needs More Equipment From the West Published Nov 02, 2015 at 12:15 PM EST Updated Apr 28, 2016 at 9:16 PM EDT ...