Category Archives: Peshmerga

All Iranian Kurdish Militias Withdraw From Peshmerga Frontlines in Iraq, Except YRK

KT Special Report: The regional Iraqi Kurdish authorities have called on all the small Iranian Kurdish parties’ militias to withdraw from the peshmerga frontlines, reportedly at Tehran’s request. However, an Iranian Kurd volunteer-based united front militia, the YRK, has indirectly refused to obey the order. and is still fighting alongside the peshmergas against Islamic State (IS) terrorists….

KNK dossier: ISIS attacks and Kurdish resistance in Kurdistan

By the KNK (Kurdistan National Congress): Download the dossier Introduction In this dossier we wish to share with you important information about the ongoing war in Syria and Iraq. As you will gather from this information there is a great war happening in the Middle East and especially throughout Kurdistan. The report also shows that…

The sorrow of a peshmerga for this president who says, ‘I am peshmerga’

By Salman Kochary: It is often said that “actions speak louder than words“. Hey, Mr President! Someone who lives in sorrow understands well the bitterness of sorrow. When the interests of those who live the high life is jeopardized, they are always talking about the peshmerga. The name of peshmerga becomes the topic of their…

Democracy’s Frontline Starts with the Pershmerga

By Kaziwa Salih: The Middle East, particularly Iraq and Syria, has turned into a triangle battlefield, amongst fanatical groups with diverse titles and similar aims: creating an Islamic state with Stone Age approaches. There are two tyrannical Governments completing this dimension which are Iraq and Syria. The Peshmarga of Kurdistan is the only force defending…

Peshmerga Lives Endangered by Uncontrolled Media Access

By Ala Jaff: As the Iraqi military self-destructed over the last weeks, like cream rising to the top Kurdish Peshmerga forces assumed the role and responsibilities of protecting the lives of civilians of all ethnicities across the Kurdistan region. But in doing so the Peshmergas’ lives have been jeopardized, not by the obvious fact of…

Game or golden opportunity?

Evin Cheikosman

By Evin Cheikosman: As I write this article, the citizens of Iraq are going through the worst build-up of an ethno-sectarian war since the 2003 U.S. invasion. Right now Iraq’s citizens are witnesses to looting, bombing, fighting, killing, they are witness to new faces, languages, laws, and rules. As of today, Iraq will never be the…