Conflict
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Combatant 1
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Combatant 2
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Results
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King (1922–1924) President (1992–)
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Battle of Dvin (1040)
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Kurdistan
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Byzantine Empire
Armenian Empire
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Victory
- The Kurds from dvin get their liberty
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Rawandiz Revolt (1834)
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Kurdistan Soran Emirate
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Ottoman Empire
Bohtan
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Victory
- Mir Muhammad Pasha of Rawandiz resumes his project of Unification of Kurdistan
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Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924)
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Kingdom of Kurdistan
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United Kingdom Mandatory Iraq
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Defeat
- Fall of the Kingdom of Kurdistan[1]
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First Barzani Revolt (1931–1932)
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Barzani Kurds
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United Kingdom Mandatory Iraq
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Defeat
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Not applicable
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Second Barzani Revolt (1943–1945)
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Barzani Kurds
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Iraq
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Defeat
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Battle of Qahrawa
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Republic of Mehabad
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Iran
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victory
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Battle of Nalos
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Peshmerga
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Iran
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victory
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First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970)
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KDP
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Iraq Syria
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Kurdish Victory
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Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975)
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KDP Iran
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Iraq
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Defeat
- Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan
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Kurdish Rebellion of 1983 (1983–1989)
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KDP PUK Iran
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Iraq
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Defeat
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Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict (1983–present)
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Kurdistan Region
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KCK
PUK (sometimes)
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Ongoing
- PKK and allied groups lose most land and begin low-level insurgency
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Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991)
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Kurdistan Region
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Iraq
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Victory
- Iraq lost and Kurdistan region take Sulaymaniyah
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Kurdish National Uprising (1991)
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KDP PUK
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Iraq
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Victory
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Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1994–1997)
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KDP Iraq Turkey PDKI
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PUK Iran PKK Badr Brigades
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Ceasefire
- Peace treaty between the KDP and the PUK
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Kurdistan Islamist Conflict (2001–2004)
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Kurdistan Region
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Ansar al-Islam al-Qaeda
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Victory
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Iraq War (2003–2011)
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Iraq Kurdistan Region MNF–I
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SCJL Naqshbandi Army Free Iraqi Army
al-Qaeda ISI Ansar al-Islam IAI
Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah
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Victory
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Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
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Iraq Kurdistan Region CJTF–OIR
Sinjar Alliance NPU
Syria Hezbollah
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ISIL Ansar al-Islam
SCJL Naqshbandi Army
Mujahideen Army
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Victory
- Iraqi territorial integrity preserved
- ISIL expelled from all strongholds in Iraq
- ISIL genocides against Yazidis, Shias, and Christians in 2014
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Kirkuk Crisis (2017)
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Kurdistan Region
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Iraq
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Defeat
- Iraq retakes disputed territories
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