US DEPLOYS IRAQI PESHMERGA TO SYRIAN-TURKISH BORDER
The US has reportedly deployed Kurdish fighters to the Syrian province of Hasakah from Iraq.
30 KURDISH OFFICIALS AND SOLDIERS TAKEN TO CUSTODY OVER BUSINESS LINKS WITH ISIS
At least 30 Kurdish officials and Peshmerga officers have been reportedly arrested for conducting trade with ISIS terrorists.
US WITHDRAWS ITS TROOPS FROM MAKHMUR TO ERBIL
The US troops stationed in Makhmur have also retreated after Popular Mobilization Units took the control over the town from Peshmerga forces.
IRAQI KURDISH FORCES DEPORT ARABS AND TURKMENS
Kurdish security forces known as Asayesh and Peshmerga fighters have deported Arab and Turkmen families from Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk following last week’s referendum on secession.
KURDS KILLED HIGH RANKED ISIS COMMANDER
According to Peshmerga lieutenant colonel Haddad Omer a senior ISIS commander was killed in western part of Iraqi governorate of Kirkuk.
US APPROVES SALE OF ALMOST $300 MILLION IN US MILITARY EQUIPMENT FOR PESHMERGA IN IRAQ
The US Department of State on Wednesday approved a $295.6 million arms sale for two Kurdish Peshmerga infantry brigades and two support artillery battalions in Iraq.
PESHMERGA FORCES CLAIM CONTROL OF BASHIQA NEAR MOSUL
Iraqi Kurdish troops had captured the ISIS-held town of Bashiqa near Mosul, two weeks after they surrounded it and cut off its defenders.
KURDS IN IRAQ&SYRIA LAUNCHED OFFENSIVES ON ISIS STRONGHOLDS
Kurdish formations in Iraq and Syria started simultaneous offensives on ISIS-held Mosul and Raqqa strongholds.