Original sentence: However, for various reasons, including the siding of some Kurds with Iranian forces during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, the regime became opposed to the Kurds and an effective civil war broke out.Talabani is the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and is one of the longest serving Kurdish Iraqi politicians, but has distanced himself from the movement for Kurdish independence, pledging to support Iraqi federalism at least for the time being.The KDP and the PUK almost commited political suicide in fightings in 1994, 1996 and 1997.Under the former Iraqi Ba'athist regime, which ruled Iraq from 1968 until 2003, Kurds were initially granted limited autonomy (1970), and after the Barzani revolt in 1961  given some high-level political representation in Baghdad
Edited sentence: However, for various reasons including the siding of some Kurds with Iranian forces during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s, the regime became opposed to the Kurds and an effective civil war broke out.The KDP and the PUK almost commited political suicide in fightings in 1994 ,1996 and 1997.The status of Kurds in Iraq is considered to be the best between all Kurds.Under the former Iraqi Ba'athist regime, which ruled Iraq from 1968 until 2003, they were initially granted limited autonomy (1970), and after the Barzani revolt in 1961  given some high-level political representation in Baghdad