After arming and training two brigades of the Kurdistan Region Peshmerga forces, the United States will fully arm and train two more Peshmerga brigades, Jabar Yawar, the Secretary General of Peshmerga Ministry, told BasNews.
Yawar told BasNews on Saturday that the United States has promised to train two Peshmerga brigades and provide them with all the necessary equipment, armament and ammunition.
He stated that arming two more Peshmerga brigades will bring the total number of the brigades trained by US to four. He noted that the US and the Global Coalition will continue to support the Peshmerga forces.
Moreover, the Pentagon announced on April 19 that the US State Department agreed to sell military equipment for the artillery and infantry Peshmerga units in the Kurdistan Region worth $295.6 million.
