The Peshmerga (Kurdish: پێشمەرگه Pêşmerge, transl. 'Those Who Face Death') comprise the standing military of Kurdistan Region, an autonomous political...

The Peshmerga Roj, also known as Rojava Peshmerga, are the military wing of the Kurdish National Council in Syria. They are pro-KDP and take orders from...

Peshmerga entered the city and ousted government forces. The Peshmerga were joined by local civilians, who took the streets and helped the Peshmerga launch...

The Peshmerga have historically been Kurdish guerrilla forces combating the ruling power in the region of what is now Iraqi Kurdistan. Under Mahmud Barzanji...

role in the newly created military force of the Mahabad Republic – the Peshmerga. With Barzani's support secured, along with some 60 tribal Kurdish leaders...

Peshmerga is a documentary film by the French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy. It was granted a late entry to the 2016 Cannes Film Festival as a special...

in the Kurdistan Region's military force in Iraq, called the Kurdish Peshmerga. Barzani is the managing director of Korek Telecom, a mobile phone operator...

with the Peshmerga, despite their claim to be on a counterterrorism mission against Ansar al-Islam. To the disappointment of PUK Peshmerga intent on...

the Levant. Although some 35,000 Kurdish Peshmerga were incorporated into the Iraqi Armed Forces, most Peshmerga forces operated under the command of the...

Supreme Political Council of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), veteran Peshmerga military leader, former Prime Minister, and former Vice President of the...

back from Afghanistan. From 2001 to 2003, they fought against US-backed Peshmerga in northern Iraq, and carved out the Islamic Emirate of Byara around the...

all-women offshoot, the Êzîdxan Women's Units (YJÊ), and the formerly Peshmerga-aligned HPŞ, in October 2015 it founded the all-Yazidi joint command umbrella...

Peshmerga Hawler Sport Club (Kurdish: یانەی وەرزشی پێشمەرگەی هەولێر; Arabic: نادي بيشمركة أربيل الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Erbil, that...

government retook disputed territories in Iraq which had been held by the Peshmerga since ISIL's Northern Iraq offensive in 2014. The conflict began on 15...

Armed Forces retreated from most of the disputed territories. The KRI's Peshmerga then entered and took control of them for the duration of the War in Iraq...

however, KNC politicians also said that the PYD should allow the Rojava Peshmerga into the city to protect the Kurdish population and that, at best, the...

to the a battle fought during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq between the Peshmerga and Iraqi forces. Tuz Khormatu, a predominantly Turkmen town, was one...

be in determining the outcome of a battle. The light unarmored SOF and Peshmerga (KDP) force faced a mechanized force of Iraqi infantry and tanks. The...

Kuwait by 18 February. The coalition forces also received support from the Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan. According to U.S. President George W. Bush and UK...

Syria after having seized the town from Peshmerga in August 2014. On 23 November 2014, the PMF and Peshmerga jointly recaptured the city, under the command...

commander of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces during the First Iraqi–Kurdish War. Originally a hospital worker, Shello joined the Peshmerga at the age of 20 in...

MOD forces include the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Air Force, Iraqi Navy and Peshmerga, which, along with their security subsidiaries, are responsible for the...

PKK's primary method is using guerrilla warfare against the Peshmerga. The PKK and the Peshmerga, both the KDP and PUK wings, have fought against each other...

The Sinjar offensive was a combination of operations of Kurdish Peshmerga, PKK and People's Protection Units forces in December 2014, to recapture regions...

Non-state opponents:  Islamic State Hezbollah (sometimes) Houthis (sometimes) Peshmerga YPG Southern Movement Southern Transitional Council Battles and wars  ...

was fought between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Kurdish Peshmerga troops over the city of Zumar in Nineveh province in northern Iraq. It...

Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). These Peshmerga have been involved in the War in Iraq between 2014-2017, fighting the...

subdistrict fell to ISIL's hands. In October 2014, Zummar was recaptured by the Peshmerga. Zummar town is the seat of Zummar subdistrict. It is located 60 km north...

born in Duhok in 1966 to Kurdish family from Zahko. Prior to joining the Peshmerga, a Kurdish resistance movement that opposed the Ba'athist government,...

November Sinjar offensive was a combination of operations of Kurdish Peshmerga, PKK, and Yezidi Kurd militias in November 2015, to recapture the city...