A promotion of 1,385 officers may look routine, but it reveals a far bigger transformation underway, one that could redefine the future of the Peshmerga and Region's security.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Peshmerga soldiers wait and watch behind fortified position while explosion goes off down the road. (Photo: Ash Gallagher for ...

While it’s arguably clearer than ever that Iraqi Kurdistan urgently needs air defenses, it remains equally unclear where or ...

"The Peshmerga's weapon is not merely pieces of iron, ammunition, or instruments of war. Rather, the Peshmerga's weapon ...

Kurdish Peshmerga forces – arguably the most effective ground troops battling the Islamic State terror group in Iraq – have been fighting for the past three ...

SURUC, Turkey -- Ten Iraqi peshmerga fighters entered a northern Syrian border town, crossing over from Turkey on Thursday, the first from among a group of 150 Kurdish troops on their way into the ...

In an interview with Samira Ali Mandee of RFE/RL's Radio Free Iraq, General Jabbar Yawar, secretary-general of the Peshmerga Ministry of Iraq's Kurdish region, discusses the ongoing fight against ...