Examples of using Peshmerga in English and their translations into Chinese
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With Iranian, as well as covert American and Israeli support, the Peshmerga were able to combat the technologically superior Iraqi army.
A Kurdish health official said at least 10 peshmerga fighters had been killed and 27 wounded during fighting.
The Peshmerga is the armed force of the Kurdistan Regional Government and is part of the Iraqi federal defence structure, with strength of approximately 200,000 soldiers.
Kurdish Peshmerga show what they say is a mass grave of more than 50 Yazidis killed by Islamic State militants on Nov. 15, 2015 in Sinjar.
The Kurdish regional government in Iraq says it has evidence that Islamic State militants used a chemical weapon against Kurdish peshmerga forces.
Other groups then appeared such as the Tora Bora, the Peshmerga and armed militias.
Peshmerga officials here said they hoped the takeover of Kirkuk would let the Kurdish government control Iraq's northern oil fields almost completely.
CTG still faces significant hurdles to overcome, including issues that also effect the Peshmerga.
On 10 December, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government, Massoud Barzani, visited the city of Kirkuk to inspect the Peshmerga forces.
The responsibility of the Government for the actions of the Janjaweed, also sometimes referred to as the" Fursan" or" Peshmerga", deserves particular attention.
The Kurdistan Regional Government confirmed on 11 July that Peshmerga forces had taken full control of oilfields in Kirkuk.
Rahman also said that only three peshmerga brigades, of 12 Iraqi brigades total, are slated to receive coalition training.
On the night of 25 to 26 February, approximately 5,000 Peshmerga troops entered the Kirkuk governorate from the Kurdistan region.
Last week, under heavy U.S. pressure, Turkey unexpectedly announced it would allow the peshmerga fighters to cross its territory to join the fight for Kobane.
I note with concern the rising ethnic tensions following the decision by KRG to deploy some 5,000 additional Peshmerga troops along the outskirts of Kirkuk City.
Carter insisted that the U.S. has been"absolutely" arming the peshmerga, in addition to 12 other countries.
In 2003 during the Iraq War, peshmerga are said to have played a key role in the mission to capture Saddam Hussein.
Kurdish peshmerga fighters survey the damage after an ISIS suicide truck loaded with chlorine gas tanks exploded near Mosul in January 2015.
At the last peshmerga checkpoint before Mosul mounds of earth several meters(yards high) and rows of concrete barriers flank the highway.
A Peshmerga commander said Kurdish fighters had"taken all the necessary measures" and were"ready for a confrontation" if necessary.