Q&A: Peshmerga General Secretary Jabar Yawar
The chief of Kurdistan's Peshmerga forces discusses the fight against IS militants and new efforts to train irregular forces.
Jabbar Yawar, now Secretary General of the Peshmerga, speaks during a press conference on Sept. 21, 2010. (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)
ERBIL - The Peshmerga forces of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region have been on the front lines since so-called Islamic State (IS) militants took over Mosul in June and pushed toward Erbil in August.
These events have forced a measure of reformation on the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) chief security force.
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