List of wars involving Iraqi Kurdistan

This is a list of wars that Iraqi Kurdistan has been involved in, since the establishment of Iraq in 1932.

Conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
First Kurdish–Iraqi War (1961–1970)	KDP	Iraq Syria	Stalemate Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement
Second Kurdish–Iraqi War (1974–1975)	KDP	Iraq	Defeat Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan.
Kurdish Rebellion of 1983 (1983–1989)	PUK Iran	Iraq MEK	Defeat Al-Anfal Campaign Amnesty agreement in 1988.
Kurdish National Uprising (1991)	KDP PUK	Iraq	Victory Kurdistan Regional Government established.
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1994–1997)	KDP Iraq Turkey PDKI	PUK INC PKK Badr Brigades	Peace agreement Ceasefire, Iraqi withdrawal form Iraqi Kurdistan. Creation of two Kurdish regional governments, one in Sulaymaniyah and one in Arbil.
Kurdistan Islamist Conflict (2001–2004)	KDP PUK	Ansar al-Islam Al-Qaeda	Victory Islamists flee south and join the Iraqi insurgency.
Iraq War (2003–2011)	MNF–I United States United Kingdom South Korea Italy Poland Australia Georgia Ukraine Netherlands Spain Iraq (2003–) KDP PUK	Iraq (2003) SCJL Naqshbandi Army ISI Al-Qaeda Free Iraqi Army IAI Mahdi Army Special Groups Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah	Victory Invasion and occupation of Iraq. Overthrow of Ba'ath Party government and execution of Saddam Hussein. Depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security. Re-establishment of democratic elections. U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement On-going insurgency.
Spillover of the Syrian Civil War (2014–present)	Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Army United States (coordinated airstrikes) Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps	ISIS Naqshbandi Army	Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014) leads to seizure of Nineveh Province by ISIS Seizure of Kirkuk by Kurdish forces

Lists of wars involving Middle Eastern countries

	Bahrain Cyprus Egypt Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria Turkey United Arab Emirates Yemen

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