Peshmerga salaries to be paid from US $415m financial assistance
The US Defense Secretary has announced that the US is going to allot $415 million to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and are committing an additional over 200 troops to the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq. US Defense Secretary Ash Carter was in Baghdad on Monday to finalize the agreement. The $415 million […]Zhelwan Z. Wali writes for Rudaw:
The US Defense Secretary has announced that the US is going to allot $415 million to the Kurdish Peshmerga forces and are committing an additional over 200 troops to the fight against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Iraq.
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter was in Baghdad on Monday to finalize the agreement.
The $415 million allocated to the Peshmerga will be paid over several months to "pay the Peshmergas’ salaries and other necessities," Jabar Yawar, Chief of Staff of the Peshmerga Ministry, confirmed to Rudaw.
