The Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) are organized into three primary brigades, each responsible for operations in different regions of Iraq. The structure includes specialized battalions for commando, support, reconnaissance, and tactical operations.

It was a combined U.S. and British military special forces provisional grouping specifically charged with hunting down high-value al-Qaeda and Iraqi leadership including Osama bin Laden and, prior to his death on 7 June 2006, Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

Feb 27, 2024 · Authored by Gen. (ret.) Joseph Votel and Col. (ret.) Christopher Costa, the article argues for continued support of Iraq’s premier counter terrorism unit by U.S. Special Operations Forces. Iran is still supporting its proxy forces in Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere in the region.

The Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF), more commonly known as the Golden Division, fought inside Iraq's second-biggest city since o1 November 2016.

Oct 20, 2016 · BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's special forces, which barreled into a town east of Mosul on Thursday despite a wave of suicide attacks, are the country's most professional and least sectarian fighting force.

Aug 2, 2017 · The Iraqi Special Forces, the best troops in their military are looking to rebuild and re-arm after the nine-month bloody battle for Mosul. The joint US-Iraqi trained “Golden Division ...

A primary responsibility of Special Forces (SF) was to show the Kurdish leadership and the rank and file that the U.S. was serious and committed to combat. The only way to show U.S. resolve was to get SF soldiers on the ground and conducting combat operations with the Kurdish Peshmerga units.

Jul 19, 2017 · With pay nearly double that of a typical Iraqi army soldier, and equipped almost identically to a U.S. Special Forces trooper, the Counter-Terrorism Service developed elite espirit de corps and strong retention of skilled manpower, …

Oct 28, 2024 · With three battalions ready to deploy anywhere in Iraq within 96 hours, the Qwat al-Khasah is a specialized light fighting force capable of rapid infiltration, raid, ambush, aerial and ground ...

Jul 31, 2016 · For many years the ‘go to’ unit for the Iraqi Army has been the Iraq Special Forces or ‘Golden Division’. They have been in the forefront of all the battles against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).