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The peshmerga are the military forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. Since 2015, the peshmerga have been part of an international effort to defeat "Islamic State."

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German soldiers taking part in the anti-IS mission stand near a German military aircraft in Al Azraq,Jordan

Germany's Syria conundrum

Germany's Syria conundrum

What kind of a role can Germany play in Syria? Will it prolong its anti-IS mandate, as the new defense chief urges?
PoliticsSeptember 3, 2019
ice rink in Karlsruhe

IS terror suspect trial starts in Stuttgart

IS terror suspect trial starts in Stuttgart

A German man accused of having plotted a major attack on an ice rink in Karlsruhe has gone on trial.
CrimeNovember 12, 2018
Irak Jesidin Kocher mit Kindern im Flüchtlingslager Sar-Dashte auf Mount Sinjar

Iraq's Yazidis 4 years after the genocide

Iraq's Yazidis 4 years after the genocide

For Kocher, life in Iraq is agony. The Yazidi woman and her children were enslaved by the "Islamic State" for two years.
SocietyJune 22, 2018
Griechenland, Jesiden-Familie aus dem Irak

Refugee women in Greek camps look to the future

Refugee women in Greek camps look to the future

DW talked to women in refugee centers in Greece who have fled from war, persecution and sexual abuse.
PoliticsDecember 27, 2017
A boy on a bicycle with an Iraqi flag in Kirkuk's Dibis area

Kurds quit last Kirkuk sector

Kurds quit last Kirkuk sector

Iraqi forces have seized a last Kurdish sector in Kirkuk. A key Kurdish oil pipeline has gone to Russia's Rosneft.
PoliticsOctober 20, 2017
Irak Erbil Reportage Protest

Kurds blame outside world for losses to Iraq

Kurds blame outside world for losses to Iraq

Iraqi Kurds grieve the return of Kirkuk returned to Iraqi control and their shattered dream of independence.
PoliticsOctober 19, 2017