Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
| Iraqi Kurdish Civil War | |||||
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| Part of the Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, Kurdistan Region-PKK conflict and the Iraqi no-fly zones conflict | |||||
Military situation in Iraqi Kurdistan after the conflict | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
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KDP Supported by: Iraq (from 1995) Turkey (from 1997) Iran (before 1995) |
PUK PKK SCIRI KCP Iraqi National Congress Supported by: Iran (from 1995) Syria United States (1996) | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
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Massoud Barzani Roj Shaweis |
Jalal Talabani Nawshirwan Mustafa Kosrat Rasul Ali Abdullah Öcalan Ibrahim Parlak Kani Yilmaz Cemil Bayik | ||||
| Strength | |||||
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KDP: 25,000 active, 30,000 reserves Iraq: 30,000 (1996) |
PUK: 13,500 active, 6,000 reserves INC: 1,000 (1995) PKK: 5,000–12,000 (1994) Iran: 2,000 (1996) SCIRI SCIRI: 5,000 | ||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
| 5,000–8,000 killed | |||||
The Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (Kurdish: شەڕی براکوژی, romanized: Şerî birakujî, 'fratricidal war') was a civil war that took place between rival Kurdish factions in Iraqi Kurdistan during the mid-1990s, mostly between the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan and the Kurdistan Democratic Party. Over the course of the conflict, Kurdish factions from Iran and Turkey, as well as Iranian, Iraqi and Turkish forces, were drawn into the fighting, with additional involvement from American forces. Between 5,000 and 8,000 fighters and civilians were killed.