What is Peshmerga?
{{Infobox military unit |unit_name = Peshmerga<br>{{lang|ckb|پێشمەرگه}}<br>{{transl|ckb|''Pêşmerge''}} |image = |image_size = |caption = Peshmerga soldiers in northern Iraq, 2016. |dates = Early 1920s–present |allegiance = [[Kurdistan Regional Government]]<sup>(disputed, see [[Peshmerga#Structure|Structure]])</sup> |branch = Army |type = |size = 410,000<sup>(disputed, see [[Peshmerga#Structure|Structure]])</sup> |command_structure = |garrison = [[Erbil]] |garrison_label = Headquarter |march = [[Ey Reqîb]] {{Citation needed|date=February 2018}} |battles = {{plainlist| *[[First Iraqi–Kurdish War]] *[[Second Iraqi–Kurdish War]] *[[Iran–Iraq War]] *[[Peshmerga#Peshmerga During Operation Desert Storm (1990–1991)|Persian Gulf War]] *[[Iraq War]] *[[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)]] *[[War on Terror]] *[[Syrian Civil War]] *[[Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)]] *[[Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)]] *[[Third Iraqi-Kurdish War]] *Other battles and wars}} |anniversaries = |decorations = |battle_honours = |commander1 = [[Masoud Barzani]] |commander1_label = Commander-in-Chief |commander2 = Mustafa Sayid Qadir |commander2_label = Minister of Peshmerga Affairs |notable_commanders = {{plainlist| *[[Mustafa Barzani]] *[[Masoud Barzani]] *[[Jalal Talabani]] *[[Nawshirwan Mustafa]]}} }} '''Peshmerga''' ({{lang-ckb|پێشمەرگە|translit=Pêşmerge|lit=Before death}}) are the [[Armed forces|military forces]] of the federal region of [[Iraqi Kurdistan]]. The Peshmerga and other Kurdish security forces are responsible for the security of the regions in Iraqi Kurdistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mope.kr