German frigate Bayern deployment at the end of August 2018. German frigate Bayern Bayern is a "Brandenburg"-class frigate of the German Navy. "Bayern" and the three other frigates of the "Brandenburg" class were designed as replacements for the "Hamburg"-class destroyers. She was laid in 1993 at the yards of Nordseewerke, Emden and launched in June 1994. She was christened by Karin Stoiber, the wife of the then Minister-President of Bavaria Edmund Stoiber. After undergoing trials she was commissioned on 15 June 1996, and assigned to "6. Fregattengeschwader". After the naval structure was reorganised, "Bayern" was assigned to "2. Fregattengeschwader", based at Wilhelmshaven. "Bayern"
Germany–Kurdistan Region relations the Kurds of Iraq established a mission in Berlin, establishing direct contacts with the German government. Furthermore, the mission had to coordinate humanitarian and development aid from Germany to the Kurdish region, and informed the German public and media about the general situation in Kurdistan. To combat Islamic State's advance into Northern parts of Iraq, the German government decided to aid the Kurdish soldiers (Peshmerga) militarily. Steinmeier stated that: "We cannot on the one hand praise the Kurdish security forces, pat them on the back for fighting ISIS on behalf of all of us, then when they ask for help