Iraqi Shi’ite leaders arrived in Erbil for talks with Kurdish officials as political deadlock deepens over appointing a new president and prime minister. According to reports on February 2, a ...

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 ...

ERBIL (Kurdistan24) — The Kurdistan Region’s First Support Forces conducted a major military exercise on Monday, in the mountainous terrain of Pers, demonstrating heavy weapons capabilities and ...

The Kurdistan region has its own armed forces, the Peshmerga. Among the largest units are the KDP and PUK, which each have tens of thousands of fighters. When the war erupted, however, many of these ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A powerful Peshmerga unit affiliated with the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party ...

They’ve been a mainstay in battle since the early 20th century. But in just three years of war in Ukraine, tanks have evolved. By Marco Hernandez and Thomas Gibbons-Neff When Russia launched its ...

Error occured during this request! Please try again later. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Hundreds of Kurdish Peshmerga forces assigned to joint brigades with the Iraqi ...

Russia has lost about 3,800 tanks since 2022, compared with about 1,100 for Ukraine, per Oryx estimates. In Kursk, Russian tank losses are nearly equal to those of Ukraine, challenging Kyiv's ...

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 ...

For tankers, naming their tank — and stenciling it on the barrel — is a rite of passage, earned by hundreds of hours of training and teamwork. Though traditions vary, in most cases tanker crews have ...

The American-made M1 Abrams is considered one of the world’s premier tanks, yet has still proven vulnerable to Russian drones and explosives on the battlefield in Ukraine, which had sidelined the ...