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| Will the Peshmerga reform – or be integrated into the Iraqi Army? |
| 2019-11-22 |
| [Rudaw] There is renewed talk about the future status of the Kurdish Peshmerga forces ranging from uniting the two predominant Peshmerga units in Kurdistan to broadly unifying the group with the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF). On November 12, during an officer's graduation ceremony in Zakho, the President of the Kurdistan Region Nechirvan Barzani called for a Peshmerga "that is united and has a national thinking as well as being above all political, partisan, ethnic, religious and sectarian purposes." "It should not be the force of [political] parties and groups," he said. "It should stay away from internal disagreements and rivalry. Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces should never be for political intentions and determination of political issues." |
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