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Kurdistan Region of Iraq announces Peshmerga unification
The Kurdistan Regional Government announced the completion of a years-long process to unify the Peshmerga armed forces under the Ministry of Peshmerga Affairs, ending longstanding divisions between units linked to the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). The move comes amid the departure of US forces, pressure to disarm Iran-backed militias, and efforts to strengthen cooperation between the Kurdistan Region and Baghdad.
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6 Kurdistan Regional Government soldiers killed in Iranian attack on northern Iraq
Six Peshmerga fighters were killed, and more than 20 were wounded in a missile strike north of Erbil on March 24, marking the deadliest attack on the Kurdistan Region since late February. The strike is part of a broader wave of drone and missile attacks by Iran and Iranian-backed militias targeting northern Iraq, US facilities, and Kurdish forces. In addition, rockets were fired toward Syria on March 23, and at least 15 members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces were killed in a likely US airstrike in Iraq’s Anbar province.
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Kurdish and Iraqi forces, militias clash in northern Iraq
Today’s clashes in Ninewa and Erbil are just the latest in a recent series between Iraqi forces, Iranian-backed Shia militias, and Kurdish Peshmerga forces over disputed areas in northern Iraq.
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Iraqi forces recapture contentious Kirkuk in overnight offensive
The Iraqi government quickly capitalized on its victory against the Islamic State in the adjacent city of Hawija and turned its energy on the secessionist Kurds in Kirkuk. The rapid offensive exposes deep fault lines in the anti-Islamic State coalition and within Kurdish politics.
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Tensions mount as Iraqi militias boost numbers in contested areas while Kurds hold referendum
As tensions mount between the Iraqi federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government, several Iranian-backed group have deployed more troops to contested areas near Kirkuk and Tuz Khurmatu. As both sides remain steadfast in their claims to the oil rich province, tensions continue to mount and the risk of military escalation rises.
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Islamic State launches defensive suicide bombings around Mosul
The Islamic State claims to have carried out 12 suicide bombings south and east of Mosul during the first hours of the battle to retake the city. However, the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) claims that the suicide attackers were neutralized. The so-called caliphate has increasingly relied on its “martyrs” as it has lost ground in the past.
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Islamic State claims more than 700 suicide attacks since beginning of the year
The Islamic State’s Amaq News Agency has claimed 729 “martyrdom operations” in Iraq, Syria and Libya since the beginning of the year. The figures for August indicate that 81 suicide attacks were carried out in these three countries. If the statistics are accurate, then the self-declared “caliphate” is carrying out suicide bombings at a historically high rate.
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Kurdish forces push into Sinjar, claim progress against Islamic State
Kurdish forces have entered the Iraqi town of Sinjar, which was seized by the Islamic State in August 2014. The offensive in Sinjar is part of a broader operation intended to disrupt the Islamic State’s supply lines running from Iraq into Syria.
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Islamic State
ISIS losing ground in symbolic Kobane battle
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Islamic State
Kurdish Fighters Capture Key District of Kobane
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Iraq
US troops training Iraqi military at bases in Anbar, Taji
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Iraq
Iraq seeks Turkish support in fight against ISIS
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Iraq
Iraqi Kurds face heavy resistance in Sinjar
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Iraq
Peshmerga claim liberation of Sinjar from ISIS
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Iraq
Iraqi Diyala residents face ISIS ‘water war’
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Iraq
Killing top ISIS leaders won’t cripple group: experts
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Iraq
Iraqi Kurdish troops open corridor to Sinjar
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Iraq
Peshmerga only “effective” force against ISIS: official
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Islamic State
ISIS executes its top Mosul official: Kurdish sources
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Free Syrian Army
An exclusive look at life in Syrian town of Kobane
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Islamic State
Peshmerga defused 3,000 ISIS bombs: official
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Iraq
Iraqi Government and Kurds Reach Deal to Share Oil Revenues
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Iraq
No letup in flight of Iraqi Christians into Lebanon
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Iraq
Turkey, US ease strains on Islamic State but differences remain
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Iraq
Turkey training Kurdish peshmerga forces in fight against ISIS
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Iran
Iranian Kurdish female fighters battle to fight IS group
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Canada
Iraq’s Kurds appeal for new US arms to combat Islamic State
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Iraq
Peshmergas blunt, don’t break, Islamic State siege of Syria’s Kobane
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Islamic State
New Alignments: The Kurds’ Lonely Fight against Islamic State Terror
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Al Nusrah Front
Islamic State controls half of Kobane, says rebel leader
