Tomorrow, the first steps towards unifying the Peshmerga forces will begin under the supervision of the international coalition.
Tomorrow, the first steps towards unifying the Peshmerga forces will begin under the supervision of the international coalition.
2026-06-29
Shafaq News – Erbil
The first practical steps to unify the Peshmerga forces will begin tomorrow, Tuesday, through a training course supervised by the international coalition, as part of efforts to integrate and restructure the forces affiliated with the Ministry of Peshmerga in the Kurdistan Region.
A senior official in the Ministry of Peshmerga in the Kurdistan Regional Government told Shafaq News Agency that the process of reorganizing the Peshmerga forces, which is supervised by the international coalition, will begin tomorrow with the opening of a training course entitled “Decision-Making Process”.
The source explained that the course represents the actual beginning of the integration and restructuring of the Peshmerga forces, which were previously known as Units 70 and 80, and were then renamed the First Region and the Second Region, noting that the ultimate goal is to fully integrate these forces and place them under the direct umbrella of the Ministry of Peshmerga.
He added that the training course will include fighters from the “First Region” and the “Second Region,” along with trainers from the international coalition and officers and trainers from the Ministry of Peshmerga in the Kurdistan Regional Government.
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