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The article discusses developments on June 12, 2014 in an insurgency in Iraq by the Sunni militant group Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (ISIS). Elements of Iran's Quds force reportedly entered Iraq to aid in the fight against ISIS. U.S. President Barack Obama said the U.S. was considering aid to the Iraqi government. Kurdish forces known as Peshmerga took control of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

The article discusses a statement released by the U.S. Department of Defense according to which more than 100 U.S. troops are accompanying Iraqi and Kurdish peshmerga forces who are advancing to take back the Iraqi city of Mosul from the organization Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).

The article reports that the Turkey Armed Forces has launched an attack against the Islamic State terrorist organization in Syria leaving the cooperation between North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) partners such as the U.S. to break down at the senior levels. Topics include the operation's alignment, the warning of the U.S. on its decline to provide air support to Turkey, and the accusation of Turkey against the Syrian Kurdish militia for being an extension of Kurdish separatist group.

The article reports that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is considering emergency aid for Kurdish Peshmerga soldiers of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Iraq to help fight against the terrorist group Islamic State. Topics discussed include the impact of the lack of funds for salaries of fighters on the counter-Islamic State campaign, the weapons and ammunition given by U.S.-led coalition, and the need of food, stipends, and fuel by the fighters.

The article reports that the Salafi jihadist militant group Islamic State has conducted a surprise attack against the Kurdish Peshmerga forces in four locations in northern Iraq on December 16, 2015.

The article informs that the details of a training program has been released by Turkish military for Kurdish peshmerga fighters which it has been running in Iraq. It is noted that statement on the training program came soon after the deployment of around 150 Turkish troops to replace training forces in Mosul, northern Iraq. It is noted that more than 2,500 peshmerga, including high-ranking officers, have taken the training.

The article informs that humanitarian aid have been delivered by Turkish Red Crescent over the weekend to some 300 Turkmen families in Tuz Khormato, Iraq. It is noted that numerous homes in the town were damaged due to fighting between Kurdish Peshmerga forces and Turkmen forces fighting under the umbrella of the Shia Al-Hashd al-Shaabi militia.

The article reports that Kurdish pesh merga forces and Yazidi fighters retook Sinjar, Iraq from the jihadist group Islamic State as of 2015.

The article focuses on the beheading of Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga hostages by terrorist organization Daesh and mentions that Turkey condemns such acts. Topics discussed includes information of a video showing Daesh militants slaughtering Peshmerga hostages, beheading as a response to Peshmerga and the U.S. led airstrikes against Daesh in Syria and Iraq and the war between Iraqi forces and Daesh militants.

The article reports on Islamic State (IS) militants' detonation of a car bomb in Kirkuk, Iraq on January 30, 2015, and mentions how the attack and others like it are a setback for the Peshmerga or Kurdish forces against IS.

The article reports the successful liberation by the Kurdish and Peshmerga fighters, with the support of airstrikes by the U.S.-led international coalition, of the city of Kobani in Syria as of late January 2015.

The article focuses on talks between Turkey and Iraq concerning additional measures to eliminate the threat posed by the militant group Islamic State and other extremist Islamists. It states Iraq requested additional military and intelligence assistance from Turkey and mentions Turkey was providing military training to Peshmergas in Northern Iraq in their fight against the Islamic State. It comments that the Iraqi and Turkish prime ministers also discussed economic and energy cooperation.

The article offers information on the effort of Kurdish peshmerga fighters to reach Iraq's Sinjar mountain and freed hundreds of displaced Iraqis trapped there by Islamic State fighters.

The article offers global news briefs as of 2014 including the airstrike launched by Israel in the Gaza Strip due to a rocket fired at Israel from the area, and the successful recapturing by the Peshmerga Kurdish troops of the mountain range where the Yazidi religious minority took refuge from the Islamic State militants in Iraq.

The article reports on the replacement of Kurdish Iraqi fighters combating Islamist jihadists in Kobane in 2014, according to the Turkish Armed Forces. Topics covered include the use by a new group of the Turkish soil to travel to the Syrian town and the announcement made by the Kurdistan Regional Government on the replacements for its Peshmerga forces fighting against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

The article reports on the arrival of a fresh batch of Iraqi Peshmerga troops in the southeastern province of Sanliurfa in Turkey in 2014.

The article reports on the return of the first batch of Iraqi Peshmerga forces that were sent to fight in the Syrian town of Kobani in 2014.