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The following is a timeline of Kurdish history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Kurdistan and its predecessor states and entities. To read about the background to these events, see History of the Kurds .
First Iraqi–Kurdish War [18] or Barzani Rebellion was a major event of the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, lasting from 1961 to 1970. The struggle was led by Mustafa Barzani in an attempt to establish an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq. Throughout the 1960s the uprising escalated into a long war, which failed to resolve despite internal ...
There are around 300,000 Kurds living in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, 50,000 in the city of Mosul and around 100,000 Kurds living elsewhere in Southern Iraq. [107] Kurds led by Mustafa Barzani were engaged in heavy fighting against successive Iraqi regimes from 1960 to 1975. In March 1970, Iraq announced a peace plan providing for Kurdish autonomy.
Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan [1] (Kurdish: باشووری کوردستان, romanized: Başûrê Kurdistanê) [2] [3] [4] refers to the Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of Greater Kurdistan in West Asia , which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey ( Northern Kurdistan ), northern ...
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War: Iraq: Suppressed, the Iraqi government re-establishes control over Kurdistan 1976–1978 PUK insurgency: Iraq: Indecisive, led to the Kurdish rebellion of 1983: 1979 1979 Kurdish rebellion in Iran: Iran: Suppressed 1983–1986 Kurdish rebellion of 1983: Iraq: Indecisive, led to the Al-Anfal Campaign: 15 August 1984 ...
The Iraqi no-fly zones conflict was a low-level conflict in the two no-fly zones (NFZs) in Iraq that were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom, and France after the Gulf War of 1991. The United States stated that the NFZs were intended to protect the ethnic Kurdish minority in northern Iraq and Shiite Muslims in the south.
Kurdistan Region: Iraq. Defeat. Iraqi Army took back control of the town on 3 April; Kurdish National Uprising (1991) KDP PUK: 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 ...
1991 - 11 March: People in the Erbil attacked the Iraqi military bases and stormed government buildings and took control of the City and inflicted heavy damage on government forces [11] 1992 - City becomes capital of the Kurdistan Region [4] 1996 Erbil Polytechnic University founded. [12] 31 August: City occupied by forces of Iraqi Republican ...