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| Iraq |
| Kurds say 60 fighters dead in Kurdistan |
| 2017-11-06 |
| Erbil (IraqiNews.com) Sixty Kurdish fighters were killed in confrontations with Iraqi federal and the pro-government paramilitary troops, Kurdistan said. In a press conference aired on the Kurdish NRTTV on Sunday, Jabbar al-Yawar, secretary general of Peshmerga Ministry said that the recent confrontations left 60 fighters of Peshmerga killed and 150 others wounded. Peshmerga, according to Yawar, seeks resolving conflicts between Baghdad and Erbil “through dialogue and constitution.” “We have to return back to talks to resolve all issues,” Yawar said. “The current issues are political not military ones.” Meanwhile, Yawar expressed fears that military confrontations with Baghdad, in case of not reaching a political understanding. He added that Kurdistan made a proposal of seven issues for Baghdad to resolve those issues and are currently awaiting the response. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 If the Kurds decide to fight, I doubt the Iraqi army can roll over them. I tend to think it's broken from years of hard fighting. Without US air support, the Iraqi army will take massive casualties, the way it did against ISIS, before Uncle Sam jumped in. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2017-11-06 19:02 |