LIST OF WARS INVOLVING IRAQI KURDISTAN

This is a list of wars that Kurds rebels and subsequently the autonomous Kurdistan Region has been involved in, since the establishment of Iraq in 1932.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results	King (1922–1924) President (1992–)
Battle of Dvin (1040)	Kurdistan	Byzantine Empire Armenian Empire	Victory The Kurds from dvin get their liberty
Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924)	Kingdom of Kurdistan	United Kingdom Mandatory Iraq	Defeat Fall of the Kingdom of Kurdistan^[1]	Mahmud Barzanji
First Barzani Revolt (1931–1932)	Barzani Kurds	United Kingdom Mandatory Iraq	Defeat Uprising quelled	Not applicable
Second Barzani Revolt (1943–1945)	Barzani Kurds	Iraq	Defeat Uprising quelled
Battle of Qahrawa	Republic of Mehabad	Iran	victory
Battle of Nalos (1947)	Peshmarge	Iran	victory
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970)	KDP	Iraq Syria	Kurdish Victory Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975)	KDP Iran	Iraq	Defeat Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan
Kurdish Rebellion of 1983 (1983–1989)	KDP PUK Iran	Iraq	Defeat Al-Anfal Campaign
Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict (1983–present)	Kurdistan Region KDP PUK (sometimes)	KCK PKK HPG YJA-STAR YDG-H: YPS YPS-Jin PÇDK PUK (sometimes)	Ongoing PKK and allied groups lose most land and begin low-level insurgency
Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991)	Kurdistan Region	Iraq	Victory Irak lost and Kurdistan region take Sulaymaniyah
Kurdish National Uprising (1991)	KDP PUK	Iraq	Victory Kurdistan Region established
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1994–1997)	KDP Iraq Turkey PDKI	PUK Iran PKK Badr Brigades	Ceasefire Peace treaty between the KDP and the PUK	Masoud Barzani (KDP-controlled part) Jalal Talabani (PUK-controlled part)
Kurdistan Islamist Conflict (2001–2004)	Kurdistan Region	Ansar al-Islam al-Qaeda	Victory Islamists flee south
Iraq War (2003–2011)	Iraq Kurdistan Region MNF–I United States United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Netherlands Spain Romania Bulgaria Denmark Thailand Honduras El Salvador Dominican Republic Albania Nicaragua	SCJL Naqshbandi Army Free Iraqi Army al-Qaeda ISI Ansar al-Islam IAI Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah	Victory Depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security Re-establishment of democratic elections U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)	Iraq Kurdistan Region CJTF–OIR United States Canada United Kingdom France Germany Australia Belgium Netherlands Denmark Turkey Jordan Morocco Sinjar Alliance NPU Syria Hezbollah	ISIL Ansar al-Islam SCJL Naqshbandi Army Mujahideen Army	Victory Iraqi territorial integrity preserved ISIL expelled from all strongholds in Iraq ISIL genocides against Yazidis, Shias, and Christians in 2014	Masoud Barzani
Kirkuk Crisis (2017)	Kurdistan Region	Iraq	Deafeat Iraq retakes disputed territories	Masoud Barzani

References

^ Prince, J. (1993), "A Kurdish State in Iraq" in Current History, January.

[1] Prince, J. (1993), "A Kurdish State in Iraq" in Current History, January.

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