Peshmerga announces new security agreement with Iraqi Army
ERBIL, Iraq (North Press) – On Tuesday, Jabar Yawar, the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Peshmerga in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, revealed to North Press, a new security agreement with the Iraqi army.
Yawar said that they had agreed with Baghdad to form a joint fighting force for operations against ISIS, in particular the areas that are considered as gaps between the areas of the two forces’ deployment.
Early in May, the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, called to activate pre-emptive operations to confront the move of ISIS through security coordination between Iraqi forces, including the Peshmerga.
The Secretary-General of the Ministry of Peshmerga indicated that these areas are distributed on a strip that extends from Khanaqin near the Iranian border to the areas of al-Rabiah and Suhaila near the Syrian border.
Earlier, it was agreed to form joint coordination centers between Peshmerga officers and Federal Army officers in the governorates of Diyala, Kirkuk, Makhmour, and another center in Nineveh governorate, according to Yawar.