International Coalition Halts Financial Support for Kurdish Peshmerga Forces
Iraq's Kurdistan Region Ministry of Peshmerga has announced the end of financial assistance from the International Coalition following the expiration of the governing agreement, and is calling on the federal government to compensate the shortfall.
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Iraq's Kurdistan Region Ministry of Peshmerga has announced that the financial assistance previously provided to its forces by the International Coalition has been discontinued, following the expiration of the agreement that governed this support.
According to a statement issued by the ministry, the Iraqi federal government has been called upon to compensate for this financial shortfall by adjusting the salaries of Peshmerga members to be commensurate with those of other regular Iraqi forces — a long-standing demand relating to financial parity between Kurdish and federal forces.
Background of international support for the Peshmerga
The Peshmerga forces received financial and logistical support for years from the International Coalition formed to fight the Islamic State, given the role these forces played in military operations against the group in northern Iraq.
The official position of the federal government in Baghdad regarding the Peshmerga's compensation demand has not yet been clarified, nor have the full details of the expired agreement or the precise reasons for its non-renewal been disclosed.
This announcement comes at a time of ongoing financial and administrative disputes between the Kurdistan Region government and the Iraqi federal government over a range of issues, including the salaries of regional employees and resource-sharing arrangements.
Sources
- التحالف الدولي يوقف المساعدات المالية للبيشمركة — Sky News Arabia
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