Northeast Syria, for long the most stable corner of the country, has been plunged into turmoil following a military campaign ...

With the recent victories of the Islamic State in Sinjar and other northern Iraqi towns, and the Islamist radicals’ efforts to cleanse their region of any non-Muslims, there is renewed debate about ...

(BAGHDAD) — The fighters that ISIS fears the most wear lipstick, according to these troops. Some even let their long, braided hair fall out behind their hats. They are the female members of the ...

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces briefly clashed Sunday in a dispute over control of a strategic military post, killing three, Iraq's military spokesperson said. The ...

Peshmerga soldiers pull security after clearing an objective during their final training exercise at Bnaslawa Training Center in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Dec. 18, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc.

Almost a year ago, President Joe Biden signed the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act that included $260 million for the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga. Two months ago, the White House signaled its ...

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 ...

Five Kurdish “Peshmerga” fighters were killed, and four wounded, in an Islamic State (ISIS) attack on Friday, according to Iraq’s northeastern Kurdistan Regional Government. The attack, which took ...

Here's What You Need to Remember: Although ISIS was territorially defeated within Iraq in 2017, cells of the group’s adherents remain and have carried out ...