Kurdish peshmerga

Kurds block Iraqi forces access to Kirkuk’s oil fields, airbase
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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