Celebrating decades of activism, the Kurdistan Democratic Students and Youth Union has played a historic role in nurturing leaders and supporting the Kurdish liberation movement ...

They were established in 2013 and have since then been advocating for gender equality and a greater role for women in society ...

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 ...

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True, the coalition later played a vital role, but the Peshmerga had already dealt ISIS a heavy blow before their arrival.” He argued that this sacrifice and heroism deserve to be preserved in ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Peshmerga Alley, a tribute to the Kurdish role in the war against the Islamic ...

While on my recent visit to Iraqi Kurdistan, I visited several frontline positions of the Peshmerga forces, where they are facing the Iraqi Army and active ISIS cells. Firstly, I visited Brigade 14 ...

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Five Kurdish “Peshmerga” fighters were killed, and four wounded, in an Islamic State (ISIS) attack on Friday, according to Iraq’s northeastern Kurdistan Regional Government. The attack, which took ...

“I REMEMBER IT was so cold and raining heavily,” recounts Osman Ahmed, “and somehow in the mountains it was snowing.” It was November 1985, and Mr Ahmed was making an arduous journey that would lead ...

Peshmerga soldiers pull security after clearing an objective during their final training exercise at Bnaslawa Training Center in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Dec. 18, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc.