List of wars involving Kurdistan Region

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–)

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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

First Iraqi–Kurdish War
(1961–1970)  |  KDP |  Iraq
Syria | Military stalemate

* 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

1991 Iraqi uprisings

* Battle of Sulaymaniyah
* Battle of Kirkuk (1991)
* Battle of Tuz Khormato
* Battle of Zakho

|  Kurdistan Region |

Iraq

| Defeat

* Establishment of the Kurdistan Autonomous Republic, as well as the Iraqi no-fly zones

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 | Defeat

* Iraq retakes disputed territories

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