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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Battle of Dvin (1040) | ![]() | Byzantine Empire Armenian Empire | Victory
| |
Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
| Mahmud Barzanji |
First Barzani Revolt (1931–1932) | Barzani Kurds | ![]() ![]() | Defeat
| Not applicable |
Second Barzani Revolt (1943–1945) | Barzani Kurds | ![]() | Defeat
| |
Battle of Qahrawa | ![]() | ![]() | victory | |
Battle of Nalos (1947) | Peshmarge | ![]() | victory | |
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Kurdish Victory | |
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
| |
Kurdish Rebellion of 1983 (1983–1989) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Defeat | |
Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict (1983–present) | ![]() | ![]()
| Ongoing
| |
Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991) | ![]() | Victory
| ||
Kurdish National Uprising (1991) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Victory
| |
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1994–1997) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Ceasefire
| |
Kurdistan Islamist Conflict (2001–2004) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Victory
| |
Iraq War (2003–2011) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() IAI ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
| |
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Victory
| |
Kirkuk Crisis (2017) | ![]() | ![]() | Deafeat
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References
- ^ Prince, J. (1993), "A Kurdish State in Iraq" in Current History, January.