Oct 10, 2018 · Yet female Peshmerga fighters in Iraq now fear that trends may be shifting in the opposite direction. In a number of interviews conducted by the author at a Peshmerga base …

Jul 24, 2014 · Another 30,000 peshmerga now serve in the KRG Ministry of Interior's Zerevany, a gendarmerie-type paramilitary police force. And at least another 70,000 peshmerga are still …

Jul 28, 2016 · This was important because Kurdish leaders have often complained that the U.S. has shown a preference for arming and equipping the federal government's Iraqi army rather …

Aug 7, 2014 · The peshmerga's stumbles in Ninawa and Diyala have hurt Kurdish military pride, prompting recriminations between KDP and PUK supporters. Worse yet, the setbacks were …

Aug 30, 2024 · The rise in arrests is partly to increased Baghdad-Erbil coordination—namely in response to two major bloody attacks in late 2021 against the Peshmerga forces in Erbil and …

Aug 25, 2021 · The rift may even cause armed conflict between PUK-affiliated security, intelligence, and Peshmerga forces with loyalties to the opposing sides. Furthermore, t he …

Sep 21, 2017 · Driving this optimism is the role of the Kurdish Peshmerga in fighting with Iraqi military forces to liberate Mosul and diminish the Islamic State’s power. Kurds are of the …

Jul 11, 2019 · Peshmerga unity is a longstanding public demand, especially since divisions within the security forces exacerbated the losses that followed the referendum. Barzani has foreign …

Dec 21, 2022 · The management and regulation of Peshmerga forces, for example, has become increasingly difficult—a dangerous reality for the KRI. Nobody is certain what the future of this …

Sep 18, 2024 · Around two-thirds of Peshmerga soldiers serve in units funded by the parties and commanded by partisan officers. The internal security forces are entirely beholden to the two …