German military advisers arrive in Erbil to train Kurdish Peshmerga forces

(IraqiNews.com) On Friday, the German government announced the arrival of seven military advisers to Erbil airport to train Kurdish Peshmerga forces on the use of weapons which are scheduled to be sent by Berlin next week.

The German government said in a statement that “the first part of the German arms shipment will be sent to the city of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region, on the 22nd of September,” pointing to “the arrival of seven military advisers on Friday to Northern Iraq to train the Peshmerga forces on how to use these weapons.”

The German government added that “the German army is preparing to send the first shipment of weapons to the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, including thousands of guns, anti-tank missiles and 120 Panzerfaust anti-tank launchers.”