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 | Victory
| |
Rawandiz Revolt (1834) |
Kurdistan Soran Emirate | Ottoman Empire | Victory
|
Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz |
Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924) |
Kingdom of Kurdistan | United Kingdom Mandatory Iraq |
Defeat
|
Mahmud Barzanji |
First Barzani Revolt (1931–1932) |
Barzani Kurds | United Kingdom Mandatory Iraq |
Defeat
|
Not applicable |
Second Barzani Revolt (1943–1945) |
Barzani Kurds | Iraq | Defeat
| |
Battle of Qahrawa |
Republic of Mehabad | Iran | victory | |
Battle of Nalos (1947) |
Peshmerga | Iran | victory | |
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) |
KDP | Iraq Syria |
Kurdish Victory | |
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) |
KDP Iran |
Iraq | Defeat
| |
Kurdish Rebellion of 1983 (1983–1989) |
KDP PUK Iran |
Iraq |
Defeat | |
Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict (1983–present) |
Kurdistan Region |
PUK (sometimes) |
Ongoing
| |
Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991) |
Kurdistan Region | Victory
| ||
Kurdish National Uprising (1991) |
KDP PUK |
Iraq | Victory
| |
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1994–1997) |
KDP Iraq Turkey PDKI |
PUK Iran PKK Badr Brigades |
Ceasefire
|
Masoud Barzani (KDP-controlled part) Jalal Talabani (PUK-controlled part) |
Kurdistan Islamist Conflict (2001–2004) |
Kurdistan Region | Ansar al-Islam al-Qaeda |
Victory
| |
Iraq War (2003–2011) |
Iraq Kurdistan Region MNF–I |
SCJL Naqshbandi Army Free Iraqi Army al-Qaeda ISI Ansar al-Islam IAI Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah |
Victory
| |
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) |
Iraq Kurdistan Region CJTF–OIR |
ISIL Ansar al-Islam SCJL Naqshbandi Army Mujahideen Army |
Victory
|
Masoud Barzani |
Kirkuk Crisis (2017) |
Kurdistan Region | Iraq | Defeat
|
References
- Prince, J. (1993), "A Kurdish State in Iraq" in Current History, January.