Peshmerga
As US considers cutting funds from Kurdish forces, concerns rise over stability in Middle East
The Peshmerga have played a key role over the years fighting ISIS and securing the autonomous Kurdistan Region. However, efforts to reform them have not proceeded as planned.
Ghazal, youngest female Kurdish Peshmerga, dies after IRGC strike and medical neglect
Rubio holds call with Iraqi Kurdish leader, State Department says
Iran-backed Iraqi militias attack Kurdistan over 450 times since beginning of war
The Kurds under attack
Kurdish-Iranian groups support protests for democracy in Iran
Kurds complain of ethnic, political and economic oppression.
Five reasons US comments on staying in Syria matter
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says US is shifting to stabilizing eastern Syria, which will mean more diplomats and contractors.
The enemies of Kurdistan are the enemies of the US
If the West has any moral integrity and, for that matter, sense of self-preservation, it will throw its full weight behind the Iraqi Kurds.
Iraq launches new offensives against Kurds
The battles come after a momentous ten days in Iraq that saw Iraqi Security Forces take over large swaths of territory as Peshmerga withdrew from Kirkuk and Sinjar.
Baghdad-Kurdistan dispute shifts control over Yazidi genocide sites
Iraq has deployed its military to assert control over Mount Sinjar, the site of 40 mass graves from ISIS's genocide of the Yazidis who lived there.
Iraq paramilitaries battle Kurds in push towards Turkish border oil hub
Baghdad responded to the Kurdish independence referendum by seizing back the city of Kirkuk, the oil-producing areas around it, and other territory that the Kurds had captured from the Islamic State.
Surrender to the victor, not the spectators
Something unexpected given the Kurdish position during the Iraq war, where Kurdistan became a heaven for American soldiers.
Iraqi army attacks Kurdish forces on road to Erbil
According to local reports the Kurdish forces near Altun Kupri tried to blow up a bridge to slow the Iraqi advance.
Iraqi forces complete Kirkuk province takeover after clashes with Kurds
The Iraqi central government forces have advanced into Kirkuk province largely unopposed as most Peshmerga forces withdrew without a fight.