Kurdish peshmerga
Kurds block Iraqi forces access to Kirkuk’s oil fields, airbase
Middle East
October 15, 2017
Kurds block Iraqi forces access to Kirkuk’s oil fields, airbase
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters rejected a warning from an Iraqi paramilitary force to withdraw from a strategic junction south of Kirkuk,…
Iraqi Kurds to hold independence referendum in September
Middle East
June 8, 2017
Iraqi Kurds to hold independence referendum in September
Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region on Wednesday announced it would hold an independence referendum in September, bringing the Kurds one step closer…
Iraq forces face tough resistance in advance on Mosul’s Old City
Middle East
March 14, 2017
Iraq forces face tough resistance in advance on Mosul’s Old City
Iraqi forces battling Islamic State faced tough resistance from snipers and mortar rounds on Monday as they tried to advance…
Iraq peshmerga attack Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul
Middle East
November 7, 2016
Iraq peshmerga attack Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces attacked an Islamic State-held town northeast of Mosul on Monday, trying to clear a pocket of…
Iraqi elite unit, Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on Mosul
Middle East
October 20, 2016
Iraqi elite unit, Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on Mosul
An Iraqi army elite unit and Kurdish fighters on Thursday launched a fresh offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants from…
US troops in Iraq increasingly active as Mosul battle nears
Middle East
September 2, 2016
US troops in Iraq increasingly active as Mosul battle nears
Kurdish Peshmerga forces retook a swath of northern Iraq late last month from Islamic State and days later American forces…
Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on ISIS-held Mosul
Middle East
August 14, 2016
Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on ISIS-held Mosul
Kurdish Peshmerga forces backed by US-led coalition airstrikes launched a fresh attack on Islamic State militants in northern Iraq in…
US servicemen seen on frontline of new Kurdish offensive in Iraq
World
May 29, 2016
US servicemen seen on frontline of new Kurdish offensive in Iraq
U.S. servicemen were seen by a Reuters correspondent near the frontline of an offensive launched on Sunday by Kurdish Peshmerga…
US volunteers seek adventure fighting Islamic State alongside Kurds
Middle East
April 25, 2016
US volunteers seek adventure fighting Islamic State alongside Kurds
Towering over his Kurdish partner at a checkpoint in northern Iraq, U.S. volunteer John Cole cuts an unusual figure on…
Islamic State video purports to show Kurdish peshmerga beheadings
World
March 20, 2015
Islamic State video purports to show Kurdish peshmerga beheadings
Islamic State has published a video purporting to show the beheading of three Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq by…