IRGC confirms missile attacks on KDP-I terrorists
FNA – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in a statement confirmed the Saturday missile strikes against the headquarters of Kurdistan Democratic…
Tag Archives: Kurdish Peshmerga forces
Kurdish militias helped 100s ISIS terrorists flee Hawijah before liberation by Iraqi forces
Alwaght – Kurdish militias, Peshmerga, have helped ISIS terrorists and their families escape the town of Hawijah prior to its liberation by…
Daesh militants bribed Kurdish forces to flee Hawijah: Iraqi commanders
Press TV- Iraqi army commanders say Kurdish Peshmerga forces have helped members of the Daesh Takfiri militant group and their families escape the…
Netanyahu lobbies world powers to support Iraqi Kurds’ secession bid
Press TV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is lobbying world powers to support the independence of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region from…
Kurdish forces withdraw to June 2014 line: Iraqi commander
Press TV- A senior Iraqi military commander says Kurdish Peshmerga forces have pulled backed to the positions they held in June 2014,…
Kirkuk wells under Iraqi Federal Gov’t control
IRNA – Iraqi forces captured Lilan region, Baba Gurgur oil wells, and the headquarters of the North Oil Company (NOC), northwest of…
Iraqi forces take control of ‘vast’ regions in disputed Kirkuk
Press TV – Iraqi forces say they have taken control of “vast areas” of Kirkuk following clashes with Kurdish Peshmerga forces who…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on October 15
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Sunday, October 15, and picked headlines…
Kurdish Peshmerga refuse calls to evacuate Iraq’s Kirkuk
Press TV- Kurdish troops in Iraq have rejected a call from governmental forces to withdraw from a strategic location in Kirkuk’s southern…
Iraq tells Peshmerga to pull out from Kirkuk: Kurdish official
Press TV- A senior Iraqi Kurdish official says the Baghdad government has set a deadline for Kurdish forces to withdraw from positions…
Iraqi premier denies army, allies plan attack on Kurdish Peshmerga forces
Press TV- Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has denied an attack plan against the positions of Kurdish Peshmerga forces amid ongoing tensions…
6 Iraqi Peshmerga forces killed as Turkey resumes anti-PKK bombing campaign
Press TV- At least six Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces have reportedly been killed as Turkey resumes air raids on Kurdish positions in northern…
Iraqi Peshmerga forces enter town of Bashiqa near Mosul
Press TV- Iraqi Kurdish fighters have entered the center of the Daesh-held town of Bashiqa, which is located east of the city…
Iraqi MP: Victory over ISIS sooner than expected, terrorists’ escape to Syria tactical
Alwaght- The Iraqi forces started on Monday the long-awaited military operation to retake Mosul, the second-largest city of Iraq, from ISIS terrorist…
Kurdish Peshmerga forces secure strategic bridge on road to Mosul
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces have secured a strategic river crossing point, allowing them to open a new front against Daesh and further…
Iraq army, Peshmerga forces start closing in on Mosul
The Iraqi military and Kurdish Peshmerga forces have reportedly launched operations to tighten the noose around the Takfiri Daesh terrorists in their…
US uses Kurds to save face in world, region
Alwaght- Following the exit of the US forces from Iraq after 2011, Washington’s position suffered a sharp decline not only in Iraq…
Daesh carries out chemical attack in Iraq: Kurdish sources
Kurdish sources say Daesh militants used chemical weapons in a recent attack against Peshmerga forces in a village in northern Iraq. The…
Iraqi Kurds, volunteer forces agree to withdraw from northern town
Kurdish Peshmerga forces and volunteer fighters with the Popular Mobilization force have agreed to pull out from a northern Iraqi town that…
‘Enemy failing to sow ethnic discord in Kurdistan’
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemy has failed in its attempts to create ethnic and religious…
Why arming U.S. allies can be like sending weapons straight to the enemy
The United States has a long tradition of arming its allies to advance Washington’s foreign policy. In 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt…
ISIL kills 18 members over contacts with Kurdish fighters
The Takfiri ISIL militant group has reportedly executed 13 of its own members in Iraq’s northern oil-rich province of Kirkuk who contacted…
Kurdish fighters repel ISIL attack on north Iraqi town
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces have managed to thwart an offensive by members of the Takifiri ISIL militant group against a town in…
Islamic State parades caged Peshmerga prisoners prior to execution
The fate of the Kurdish fighters remains unknown since the footage does not show the execution. A new video, apparently released by the…
Kurdish Peshmerga forces thwart ISIL attack on Tal Afar
Units of Kurdish Peshmerga forces have managed to repel an attack by members of the ISIL Takfiri militant group on a northwestern…
Official: Senior ISIL leaders killed in Iraq’s Erbil
TEHRAN (FNA)- Kurdish forces killed six top ISIL commanders in two days of fighting near the town of Gwer, Erbil, Peshmarga officials…
Peshmerga forces regain control of large area near Erbil
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have regained control of a large area in the north following a military operation against ISIL Takfiri militants.…
Peshmerga regains control over more areas in Nineveh
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi Kurdistan’s Peshmerga forces regained control over two new areas in Western Mosul city, the capital of Nineveh province. “The…
Iran hails Iraqi army, Peshmerga victories over terrorists
Iran has commended the recent victories by the Iraqi army and Kurdish Peshmerga forces against ISIL Takfiri terrorists. Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Dec. 20
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has…
Peshmerga gains ground against ISIL terrorists
Kurdish Peshmerga forces have made significant gains against ISIL terrorists in northwestern Iraq as they manage to break the Takfiri militants’ siege…
Iraqi Kurdistan official calls Iran good ally
TEHRAN (FNA)- Spokesman of the Armed Forces of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region Jabbar Yawar appreciated Tehran for its assistance to Iraq in…
Peshmerga forces gain ground against ISIL in Iraq
Kurdish Peshmerga fighters have made fresh advances in their operations against Takfiri ISIL militants in the areas near the capital of Iraq’s…
ISIL, Kurds resume fierce clashes in Syria’s Kobani
Fierce clashes have resumed between ISIL Takfiri terrorists and Kurdish fighters in Kobani as they continue to make more gains on the…
Kurdish forces continue offensive against ISIL in Iraq
Kurdish Peshmerga forces, backed by the Iraqi army, are pushing ahead to recapture areas in Diyala and Kirkuk provinces from the Takfiri…
First Peshmerga contingent to head for Kobani
The first contingent of Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government forces, known as Peshmerga, will head for Syria’s strategic city of Kobani. According to…
Turkey to allow 200 Iraqi Kurds to enter Kobani
Turkey says it will allow 200 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters from Iraq to cross its border into Syria’s restive border town of Kobani…
Iran’s message to world: You need us to fight Islamists
In the fight against Islamic extremists, the commander of Iran’s secretive special forces is turning into an unlikely celebrity. Iranian television published last…
Australia not to do combat operations in Iraq: Abbot
Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Australian troops in Iraq will not engage in combat operations in the crisis-hit country. “If we…
Kurdish Peshmerga forces strengthen control over Makhmour
Kurdish Peshmerga forces have strengthened their hold on the town of Makhmour in northern Iraq as they manage to gain more ground…