Q&A: Jabar Yawar, Secretary General of the Peshmerga
Developments in Afghanistan have cast a shadow over the U.S. role in supporting anti-ISIS forces in Iraq, but the longstanding Peshmerga commander says there's no sign of an American pull out.
Jabbar Yawar, now Secretary General of the Peshmerga, speaks during a press conference on Sept. 21, 2010. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
ERBIL - Jabar Yawar, Secretary General of the Ministry of Peshmerga, is among the leaders representing Kurdish security forces in ongoing meetings with federal Iraqi commanders over how to defend a swath of disputed territory in northern Iraq against an increase in attacks from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) group.
A security vacuum in areas between formal Kurdish and federal Iraqi lines of control is being exploited by IS and other militants to carry out near-daily attacks impacting oil installations and electricity distribution networks, and terrorizing civilians. Yawar says recent bombings of electricity pylons by IS are a “new form of terrorist activity,” as are an increase in drones that are difficult to shoot down.
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