Peshmerga
US appoints new commander for anti-ISIS mission in Kurdistan
The US also seeks to deter Iran. Iran has backed proxies in Iraq and Syria to attack US forces.
Iranian-backed militias accused of targeting Kurds in Iraq
‘Look, you can see ISIS down there’: How ISIS operates in Iraq today
A year after referendum, Kurds in Iraq face Iran and US powerbrokers
Three Kurdish groups in Iran are now fighting the IRGC
Kurdish fighters vow to resist regime's crackdown as groups search for more united strategy amid sanctions on Tehran.
Analysis: Can the Islamic State be defeated?
The Syrian regime army will soon push into the village of Tafas and find itself face-to-face with ISIS fighters.
Turkey demands US expel Kurds from anti-ISIS force
Ties between Turkey and the United States have been strained to the breaking point by Washington's support for the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia.
ISIS threatens Iran from 'Tora Bora' borderlands
"Today (ISIS) does not control a country... in order to assert that they exist, they may carry out an attack any day."
The Kurds under attack
Kurdish-Iranian groups support protests for democracy in Iran
Kurds complain of ethnic, political and economic oppression.
Five reasons US comments on staying in Syria matter
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says US is shifting to stabilizing eastern Syria, which will mean more diplomats and contractors.
The enemies of Kurdistan are the enemies of the US
If the West has any moral integrity and, for that matter, sense of self-preservation, it will throw its full weight behind the Iraqi Kurds.
Iraq launches new offensives against Kurds
The battles come after a momentous ten days in Iraq that saw Iraqi Security Forces take over large swaths of territory as Peshmerga withdrew from Kirkuk and Sinjar.
Baghdad-Kurdistan dispute shifts control over Yazidi genocide sites
Iraq has deployed its military to assert control over Mount Sinjar, the site of 40 mass graves from ISIS's genocide of the Yazidis who lived there.
Iraq paramilitaries battle Kurds in push towards Turkish border oil hub
Baghdad responded to the Kurdish independence referendum by seizing back the city of Kirkuk, the oil-producing areas around it, and other territory that the Kurds had captured from the Islamic State.
