Peshmerga

• Kurdish independence vote leaves Canadian Forces in a bind

  The Kurdish independence referendum has raised fears that the Kurds and Iraqis may soon point their weapons away from ISIS and towards each other.

  Canada

  Oct 1, 2017
  
• WATCH: Iraqi forces blow up ISIS ‘suicide truck’ just before it rams into troops

  A Kurdish television channel, embedded with Iraqi Kurdish forces, filmed a dramatic and tense suicide truck attack north of Mosul on Thursday.

  News

  Oct 20, 2016
  
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• Everyone wants to beat ISIS. Nobody knows how

  As the world reels in the wake of a massacre in Paris, world leaders have vowed to fight ISIS. It isn't clear, however, what exactly that fight will entail.

  Canada

  Nov 17, 2015
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• Kurdish fighters launch offensive to retake strategic Iraqi town of Sinjar

  Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault Thursday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar.

  World

  Nov 12, 2015
• Is Canada doing enough to fight ISIS?

  Recent losses are calling into question whether the strategy to "degrade" or defeat ISIS is working and if it's time to rethink how to proceed.

  Canada

  May 22, 2015
• Killed, injured Canadian troops acted professionally, Kenney says

  Finger pointing from the Kurdish forces in the wake of a Canadian soldier’s death will not help matters, Defence Minister Jason Kenney said Sunday, standing up for the Canadians’ actions.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2015
• WATCH: Kurdish fighters nearly push ISIS out of Kobani

  Kurdish fighters backed by intense US-led airstrikes pushed the Islamic State group almost entirely out of Kobani on Monday, marking a major loss for the extremists.

  World

  Jan 26, 2015
• At least 30 Kurds killed in north Iraq battle with Islamic State

  Islamic State group fighters attempting to retake a town in northern Iraq held by Kurdish peshmerga forces have killed at least 30 Kurds, an Iraqi military spokesman says.

  World

  Jan 11, 2015
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• Kurdish peshmerga forces continue to advance on Islamic State fighters

  Kurdish fighters in Iraq have pushed deeper into a town held by ISIS, but are facing stiff resistance from the Sunni militants who captured it in August.

  World

  Dec 22, 2014
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• Canadian veteran fighting ISIS asks for night-vision goggles

  Dillon Hillier, the Canadian Forces veteran who travelled to Iraq to fight ISIS, is crowdfunding money for night vision goggles.

  Canada

  Dec 15, 2014