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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 ...
The Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (Kurdish: شەڕی براکوژی, romanized: Şerî birakujî, 'fratricidal war') was a civil war that took place between rival Kurdish factions in Iraqi Kurdistan during the mid-1990s, mostly between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party.
Kurdish–Turkish conflict: Republic of Turkey: Ongoing 19 April 2016 – present Western Iran clashes Iran: Ongoing 24 August 2016 – present Turkish military intervention in Syria Syria: Ongoing 15 – 27 October 2017 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan: Ceasefire, Iraqi Kurdistan loses territory, including Sinjar and Kirkuk
2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict ends. Massoud Barzani resigns from post of President of Iraqi Kurdistan; Kurdistan Regional Government accepts the Federal Supreme Court of Iraq's opposition towards independence; Kurdish authorities agree to hand over control of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah airports to the federal government.
May 1994 PUK–KDP clashes was the first outbreak of violence of the 1994–97 Iraqi Kurdish Civil War, fought in Iraqi Kurdistan between the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Kurdish factions. The clashes left around 300 people dead. [2]
In the first battle of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Operation Viking Hammer was launched, and the Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan dissolved. After the offensive, most of the Islamic Emirate of Kurdistan officials were exiled to Iran. Ansar al-Islam moved southwards to participate in the Iraqi insurgency and, after it was quelled, the Syrian civil war.
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 between the KDP and the PUK
The PUK insurgency was a low-level rebellion of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) against Baathist Iraq from 1975 to 1979, following the defeat of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in the Second Iraqi–Kurdish War, which forced that organization to declare a ceasefire and move into exile in Iran.