. . . . . . . "Peshmerga (Kurdish: \u067E\u06CE\u0634\u0645\u06D5\u0631\u06AF\u06D5 P\u00EA\u015Fmerge, Kurdish pronunciation [p\u025B\u0283m\u00E6r\u02C8\u0261\u00E6]; literally \"one who confronts death\") are the military forces of the autonomous region of Iraqi Kurdistan. The overall formal head of the peshmerga is the President of Iraqi Kurdistan. The peshmerga force itself is largely divided and controlled separately by the Democratic Party of Kurdistan and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, although both pledge allegiance to the Kurdistan Regional Government."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "270,000" . . . . . "Peshmerga"@en . . . "1920Z"^^ . . .