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peshmerga

Noun

Meaning

a member of a Kurdish guerilla organization that fights for a free Kurdish state

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Arif declared a ceasefire in February 1964 which provoked a split among Kurdish urban radicals on one hand and Peshmerga (Freedom fighters) forces led by Barzani on the other. Source: Internet

A video by a Polish volunteer Peshmerga sniper shows the sniper struggling to feed a fresh round with the bolt on a Serbian M93 rifle. Source: Internet

Al-Husseini told that control of disputed territories, and others, was achieved by military force, rather than consensus, unwilling to recognise the sacrifices of Peshmerga soldiers. Source: Internet

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter looks down the road to Makhmur that was retaken from the Islamic Sate, south of Erbil September 10, 2014. Source: Internet

After that, one Shiite militia fighter was killed, and eight were captured by Peshmerga forces.” Source: Internet

As one Iraqi special forces convoy rolled north from Baghdad through peshmerga checkpoints, Iraqi soldiers cheerfully greeted the guards in basic Kurdish. Source: Internet

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