Although some 35,000 Kurdish Peshmerga are incorporated into the Iraqi Armed Forces, most Peshmerga forces are operating under the command of the President of Iraqi Kurdistan in the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq.
Meskipun sekitar 35.000 pasukan Peshmerga Kurdistan dimasukkan ke dalam Angkatan Bersenjata Irak, sebagian besar pasukan Peshmerga beroperasi di bawah komando Presiden Kurdistan Irak di wilayah otonomi Kurdi, Irak.