Mass grave suspected to contain remains of 17 Peshmerga exhumed south of Kirkuk

“With the help of the Kurdistan Regional Government, we have taken [DNA] samples from their families in Erbil province,” to identify the dead bodies, an official from Iraq's Forensic Department said.

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KDP, PUK to unify Peshmerga forces in March in major bid to build national army

“The Peshmerga forces’ reform program is proceeding very well. In March, the Unit 80 and Unit 70 forces, under the name of Davar Command will be incorporated into the Peshmerga ministry,” said Abdulkhaliq Bapiri, deputy minister of Peshmerga.

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Kurdish Islamic leader says will contact rebel groups to return freed Peshmerga from Syria

Irfan Abdulaziz, leader of the Kurdistan Islamic Movement on Tuesday told The New Region that he would speak with his contacts inside Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to return a Peshmerga soldier freed from Assad prisons in Syria to the Kurdistan Region

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Kurdish Peshmerga in need of more military support from US-led coalition: Commander

The Spirit of America, a non-profit humanitarian organization working to support US troops abroad, on Monday dispatched military aid to the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs and two frontlines of the Kurdish forces in Gwer and Makhmour towns, Nineveh province

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Landmine explosion kills three members of joint Peshmerga-Iraqi army force in Salahaddin

The landmine set off near the village of Palkana, Tuz Khurmatu. The deceased were three Peshmerga soldiers and the wounded members of the Iraqi army, an official confirmed to The New Region

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540 housing units given to families of fallen Peshmerga soldiers killed during ISIS war

Musa Ahmed, head of the BCF said up to date, a total of 968 housing units have been given to “the honorable” families of the fallen Peshmerga soldiers.

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Peshmerga soldier wins best bomb detection dog trainer award in US: Ministry

The Best Explosives Detection Dog Team award was given by Marshal center, a renowned international security and defense studies institute in the US

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Halbousi's stance against arming Peshmerga 'politically motivated': Iraqi National Security Advisor

In August, the US delivered a batch of military aid containing American howitzer artillery to the Peshmerga, executing details of an agreement previously signed between Erbil and Baghdad with the US. 

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KDP President Barzani slams Iraqi leaders as ‘chauvenists’ who voice worry over arms delivery to Peshmerga 

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani on Wednesday criticized a number of Iraqi leaders who recently voiced worry over arms delivery to the Peshmerga forces

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