Peshmerga

Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq threatens US, Kurdish groups

The militia's threat came as the US Embassy in Israel said it had authorized the departure of non-essential personnel on Friday.

Iraqi Shi'ite Muslim men from the Iranian-backed group Kataib Hezbollah wave the party's flags as they walk along a street painted in the colours of the Israeli flag during a parade marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Baghdad
A KURDISH peshmerga soldier stands at a lookout near Bashiqa in northern Iraq

Kurdistan’s security architecture recast as Peshmerga unification continues

 An ISIS fighter poses in front of an Islamic State flag

US appoints new commander for anti-ISIS mission in Kurdistan

Shi'ite fighters from Mahdi Army launch rockets during heavy fighting against Islamic state members at Bo Hassan village, near Tikrit in northern Iraq.

Iranian-backed militias accused of targeting Kurds in Iraq


‘Look, you can see ISIS down there’: How ISIS operates in Iraq today

"The mountain is desert khaki, and in the sunset it has a bit of haze around it from oil fires in the distance. It’s surreal and beautiful."

A view of areas where ISIS is still active, from the Kurdish Peshmerga frontline on Mount Qarachogh.

A year after referendum, Kurds in Iraq face Iran and US powerbrokers

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter looks down the road to Makhmur

Three Kurdish groups in Iran are now fighting the IRGC

Kurdish fighters vow to resist regime's crackdown as groups search for more united strategy amid sanctions on Tehran.

Kurdish PDKI members on patrol near the Iran-Iraq border last year.

Analysis: Can the Islamic State be defeated?

The Syrian regime army will soon push into the village of Tafas and find itself face-to-face with ISIS fighters.

Hezbollah fighters stand near military tanks in Western Qalamoun, Syria

Turkey demands US expel Kurds from anti-ISIS force

Ties between Turkey and the United States have been strained to the breaking point by Washington's support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.

A KURDISH Peshmerga soldier holds a Kurdistan flag during an intensive security deployment after clashes with Islamic State militants.

ISIS threatens Iran from 'Tora Bora' borderlands

"Today (ISIS) does not control a country... in order to assert that they exist, they may carry out an attack any day."

A fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) holds an ISIL flag and a weapon on a street in the city of Mosul June 23, 2014.

The Kurds under attack

The Jerusalem Post

Kurdish-Iranian groups support protests for democracy in Iran

Kurds complain of ethnic, political and economic oppression.

People protest in Tehran, Iran December 30, 2017 in this picture obtained from social media

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.

Jim Mattis

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.

PESHMERGA FORCES ride on military vehicles in the town of Bashiqa, after it was recaptured from the Islamic State, east of Mosul, last year.