# List of wars involving Kurdistan Region

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 Armenian Empire | Victory The Kurds from dvin get their liberty |
| Rawandiz Revolt (1834) | Kurdistan Soran Emirate | Ottoman Empire Yazidi | Victory Mir Muhammad Pasha of Rawandiz resumes his project of Unification of Kurdistan | Muhammad Pasha of Rawanduz |
| Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924) | Kingdom of Kurdistan | United Kingdom Mandatory Iraq | Defeat Fall of the Kingdom of Kurdistan | Mahmud Barzanji |
| First Barzani Revolt (1931–1932) | Barzani Kurds | United Kingdom Mandatory Iraq | Defeat Uprising quelled | Not applicable |
| Second Barzani Revolt (1943–1945) | Barzani Kurds | Iraq | Defeat Uprising quelled | Not applicable |
| Battle of Qahrawa | Republic of Mehabad | Iran | victory | Not applicable |
| Battle of Nalos | Peshmerga | Iran | victory | Not applicable |
| First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) | KDP | Iraq Syria | Kurdish Victory Iraqi-Kurdish Autonomy Agreement | Not applicable |
| Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) | KDP Iran | Iraq | Defeat Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan | Not applicable |
| Kurdish Rebellion of 1983 (1983–1989) | KDP PUK Iran | Iraq | Defeat Al-Anfal Campaign |
| Kurdistan Region–PKK conflict (1983–present) | Kurdistan Region KDP PUK (sometimes) | KCK PKK HPG YJA-STAR YDG-H: YPS YPS-Jin PÇDK PUK (sometimes) | Ongoing PKK and allied groups lose most land and begin low-level insurgency |
| Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991) | Kurdistan Region | 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 | Masoud Barzani (KDP-controlled part) Jalal Talabani (PUK-controlled part) |
| Kurdistan Islamist Conflict (2001–2004) | Kurdistan Region | Ansar al-Islam al-Qaeda | Victory Islamists flee south | Masoud Barzani (KDP-controlled part) Jalal Talabani (PUK-controlled part) |
| Iraq War (2003–2011) | Iraq Kurdistan Region MNF–I United States  United Kingdom  South Korea  Italy  Poland  Australia  Georgia  Ukraine  Netherlands  Spain  Romania  Bulgaria  Denmark  Thailand  Honduras  El Salvador  Dominican Republic  Albania  Nicaragua | SCJL Naqshbandi Army Free Iraqi Army al-Qaeda ISI Ansar al-Islam IAI Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah | Victory Depletion of Iraqi insurgency, improvements in public security Re-establishment of democratic elections U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement | Masoud Barzani (KDP-controlled part) Jalal Talabani (PUK-controlled part) |
| Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) | Iraq Kurdistan Region CJTF–OIR United States  Canada  United Kingdom  France  Germany  Australia  Belgium  Netherlands  Denmark  Turkey  Jordan  Morocco Sinjar 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 | Masoud Barzani |
| Kirkuk Crisis (2017) | Kurdistan Region | Iraq | Defeat Iraq retakes disputed territories | Masoud Barzani |