A total of 1,600 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed since the Islamic State group took over large parts of the country in June 2014, peshmerga officials said Thursday. Peshmerga ...

Hassan commands more than 300 soldiers within peshmerga Unit 48. With about 1,000 total fighters, Unit 48 holds an 80-mile stretch of the front lines south of the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul in ...

KALAK, Iraq _They are known as the peshmerga, those who face death, and in recent weeks they have been facing death alongside U.S. soldiers in northern Iraq. They are tough and dedicated men, these ...

Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces have taken several villages east of Mosul in coordination with Iraqi federal forces and air support from the US-led coalition, according to AFP. Peshmerga commanders ...

The Peshmerga, the armed forces of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), constitute a highly effective and well-trained military organization that protects not only Kurdistan but also the whole of ...

A total of 1,600 Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed since the Peshmerga ministry spokesman Halgord Hekmat initially told AFP the figure applied to the offensive launched on October 17 ...

GWER, Iraq—First you notice the sound of jet engines. The sky is overcast, so you can’t see the coalition warplanes. But you can hear them. And you know what the snarl of jet noise and the occasional ...

Peshmerga ministry spokesman Halgord Hekmat initially told AFP the figure applied to the offensive launched on October 17 to retake the jihadist stronghold of Mosul but later corrected himself.