Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | King (1922–1924) President (1992–) |
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Battle of Dvin (1040) | Kurdistan | Byzantine Empire Armenian Empire | Victory- The Kurds from dvin get their liberty
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Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924) | Kingdom of Kurdistan | United Kingdom
Mandatory Iraq | Defeat- Fall of the Kingdom of Kurdistan[1]
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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)
| Peshmarge | Iran | victory |
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) | KDP | Iraq
Syria | Kurdish Victory |
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) | KDP
Iran | Iraq | Defeat- Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan
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Kurdish Rebellion of 1983 (1983–1989) | KDP
PUK
Iran | Iraq
| Defeat |
Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict (1983–present) | Kurdistan Region | ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_Koma_Civak%C3%AAn_Kurdistan%C3%AA.svg/23px-Flag_of_Koma_Civak%C3%AAn_Kurdistan%C3%AA.svg.png) KCK PUK (sometimes)
| Ongoing- PKK and allied groups lose most land and begin low-level insurgency
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Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991) | Kurdistan Region | Iraq
| Victory- Irak lost and Kurdistan region take Sulaymaniyah
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Kurdish National Uprising (1991) | KDP
PUK | Iraq | Victory |
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1994–1997) | KDP
Iraq
Turkey
PDKI | PUK
Iran
PKK
Badr Brigades | Ceasefire- Peace treaty between the KDP and the PUK
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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–OIRSinjar Alliance
NPU Syria
Hezbollah
| ISIL
Ansar al-Islam
SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
Mujahideen Army | 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) | Kurdistan Region | Iraq | Deafeat- Iraq retakes disputed territories
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