ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - At least two suspected Islamic State (ISIS) militants were killed in an Iraqi strike on their ...

A young Peshmerga fighter and father of three on Saturday won a brand new 2025 Toyota SUV, courtesy of the Pashivi Rudaw program. The competition, which encouraged participants to comment on Rudaw’s ...

“When ISIS is weak, they will just attack the Iraqi military in places like Anbar” to capture more weapons and ammunition, the general explains. Outside peshmerga headquarters one sees an ...

The establishment of the joint patrols by Kurdish militias (known as "Peshmerga") and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) achieved in the final days of the U.S. military presence in Iraq has greatly ...

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President Barzani expressed special recognition to the families of martyrs, Peshmerga heroes, and all the citizens of ...

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The assassination is certainly an important development and illustrates how important the US support for Iraq and the war on ISIS continues to be.

"We are working with the Kurdistan Regional Government to integrate the Peshmerga Forces under the command and control of the ...

The Iraqi government has agreed to fund the salaries and budget for 138,000 peshmerga forces, despite the actual number being significantly higher. Meanwhile, thousands of peshmerga and other ...

The CIA, the Shah and Saddam The Iraqi Kurds held out with assistance from Iran, Israel and the United States, which had sent CIA agents to arm and train the peshmerga. In 1946 Archibald Roosevelt ...